Thule Island

Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as . It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the Earth.
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  • Island
  • Description: island of the South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as
    “Morrel Island”
    “Morrell Island”
    “Southern Thule Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Larsen.
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is a mountain, 710 metres high, situated…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.
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Thule Island

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Latitude
-59.43733° or 59° 26′ 14″ south
Longitude
-27.3578° or 27° 21′ 28″ west
Open location code
39GJHJ7R+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25673029
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3426256
Wiki­data ID
Q1480145

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Thule Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Tule”
  • Breton: “Enez Thule”
  • Catalan: “Illa Morrell”
  • Catalan: “Illa Thule”
  • Cebuano: “Thule Island”
  • Chinese: “图勒岛”
  • Chinese: “圖勒島”
  • Dutch: “Thule Island”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Sandwich eilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Morrell”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Thule”
  • French: “Île Morrell”
  • French: “Île Thule”
  • German: “Morrell Island”
  • German: “Morrell-Insel”
  • German: “Thule Island”
  • Hebrew: “ת’ולה (אי)”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Thule”
  • Italian: “Isola di Thule”
  • Japanese: “テューレ島”
  • Latvian: “Morela sala”
  • Latvian: “Tules sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morrell Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thule Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thule Island”
  • Norwegian: “Thule Island”
  • Norwegian: “Thuleøya”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Thila-īeg”
  • Polish: “Thule”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Thule”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Morrell”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Thule”
  • Russian: “остров Туле”
  • Russian: “Туле”
  • Spanish: “Isla Morrell”
  • Spanish: “Isla Thule”
  • Spanish: “Isla Tule”
  • Swedish: “Thule Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Туле (Південні Сандвічеві острови)”
  • Ukrainian: “Туле”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Southernmost point of South America and Twitcher Rock.

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