Welcome Islands
The Welcome Islands are a small, rocky archipelago to the north of the main island of South Georgia. They are to the east of Bird Island. They are 6.4 km west-northwest of Cape Buller, off the north coast of South Georgia.- Islet
- …is also known as “Welcome Islets”
- Description: small rocky archipelago to the north of the main island of South Georgia
Nearby Islets
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Welcome Islands
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Latitude
-53.97245° or 53° 58′ 21″ south
Longitude
-37.49403° or 37° 29′ 39″ west
Open location code
39R42GH4+29
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Welcome Islands” goes by many names.
Welcome IslandsCebuano
Welcome Islands (kapuloan sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)Cebuano
韋爾科姆群島Chinese
韦尔科姆群岛Chinese
WelkomeilandenDutch
Welcome IslandsNorwegian
Welcome IslandsNorwegian Bokmål
Welcome IslandsNorwegian Nynorsk
WelcomeøyaneNorwegian Nynorsk
WilcumanīegaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
جزایر ولکامPersian
Welcome IslandsSwedish
Welcome Islands (öar i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)Swedish
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