Islands
Bouvet Island

Larsøya

Larsøya, sometimes anglicized as Lars Island, is a rocky island, less than 0.2 nautical miles long, which lies just off the southwestern extremity of the island of in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: landform
  • Also known as: “Lars Island” and “Lars Islet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lykketoppen and Mosbytoppane.

Peak
, occasionally anglicized as Lykke Peak, is a snow-covered, 765-meter tall summit that surmounts the southwest part of , standing 1 nautical mile east of .

Peak
, are two crags to the southwest of the caldera of the island of . The tallest is a snow-covered peak 670 meters above mean sea level and 1.3 kilometers northeast of Norvegiaodden. is situated 3 km north of Larsøya.

Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in . is situated 2½ km northeast of Larsøya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Circoncision and Cape Valdivia.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic . The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier on 1 January 1739, the Feast of the Circumcision day—thus the name. is situated 6 km north of Larsøya.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the northernmost point on in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by . lies in the centre of the island's highest point. is situated 8 km north of Larsøya.

Larsøya

Latitude
-54.45301° or 54° 27′ 11″ south
Longitude
3.31486° or 3° 18′ 54″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
3FQ5G8W7+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 513852334
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3371115
Wiki­data ID
Q858095
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Upper Sorbian—“Larsøya” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Illa Lars”
  • Catalan: “Larsøya”
  • Cebuano: “Lars Island (pulo sa Bouvet Island)”
  • Cebuano: “Lars Island”
  • Chinese: “拉爾斯島”
  • Dutch: “Larsøya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لارسويا”
  • Finnish: “Larsøya”
  • French: “île Lars”
  • French: “Larsøya”
  • German: “Larsøya”
  • Italian: “Isola Lars”
  • Japanese: “ラース島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Larsøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Larsøya”
  • Norwegian: “Larsøya”
  • Spanish: “Isla Lars”
  • Swedish: “Lars Island (ö i Bouvetön)”
  • Swedish: “Larsøya, Bouvetön”
  • Turkish: “Larsøya”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Larsøya”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Moseryggen and Engelbrecht Glacier.

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