Becker Island
Becker Island is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic. Becker Island was named after Moritz Alois Becker, the general secretary of Austrian Geographical Society.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Russia
- Also known as: “Ostrov Bakkara”, “Ostrov Bekkera”, “Беcкер”, and “Остров Баккара”
Becker Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
81.19299° or 81° 11′ 35″ northLongitude
59.36386° or 59° 21′ 50″ eastOpen location code
CHHX59V7+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 240317672OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Becker Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Bekker adası”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Bekkera”
- Chinese: “貝克爾島”
- Chinese: “贝克尔岛”
- Dutch: “Becker Island”
- French: “île Becker”
- French: “Île Becker”
- German: “Becker-Insel”
- Italian: “isola di Becker”
- Italian: “Isola di Becker”
- Japanese: “ベッケル島”
- Kotava: “Becker (ewala)”
- Kotava: “Becker”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beckerøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ostrov Bekkera”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Остров Беккера”
- Russian: “Остров Беккера”
- Spanish: “Isla Becker”
- Uzbek: “Beyker oroli”
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