Traversay Islands

The Traversay Islands are a group of three islands—, and —at the northern end of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group in South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as: Marquis of Traversey Group” and “Traverse Islands

Traversay Islands

Latitude
-56.6° or 56° 36′ south
Longitude
-27.71667° or 27° 43′ west
Open location code
39MJ97XM+X8
Geo­Names ID
3426249
Wiki­data ID
Q1419316
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Satellite Map

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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: Archipielago Marques de Traverse
  • Spanish: Archipiélago Marqués de Traverse
  • Swedish: Traversay Islands
  • Turkish: Traversay Adaları
  • Ukrainian: Архіпелаг Траверсі

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