Traversay Islands
The Traversay Islands are a group of three islands—Zavodovski, Leskov and Visokoi—at the northern end of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 920 metres (3,000 feet)
- Description: island group in South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as“Marquis of Traversey Group”“Traverse Islands”
- Categories
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-56.6° or 56° 36′ south
Longitude
-27.71667° or 27° 43′ west
Open location code
39MJ97XM+X8
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Traversay Islands” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Traverse arxipelaqı”
- Catalan: “Illes Traversay”
- Cebuano: “Traversay Islands”
- Chinese: “特拉韋賽群島”
- Dutch: “Traversay Islands”
- German: “Traversayinseln”
- Italian: “Isole Traversay”
- Japanese: “トラバーシー諸島”
- Latvian: “Traversē salas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Traversay Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Traversay Islands”
- Norwegian: “Traversay Islands”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Traversayīega”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Traversay”
- Russian: “Архипелаг Траверсе”
- Russian: “Траверсе”
- Spanish: “Archipiélago Marqués de Traverse”
- Swedish: “Traversay Islands”
- Turkish: “Traversay Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Архіпелаг Траверсі”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bowsprit Point and Crater Bay.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights
Learn more about Grytviken and South Georgia Island.
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