Saunders Island

Saunders Island is a crescent-shaped island lying between and in the , a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the South Atlantic Ocean
  • Also known as: “Ile Saunders”, “Saunders”, “Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands”, “Saundersīeg, Sūþsandwīc Īegland”, and “ソーンダース島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mount Michael and Ashen Hills.

Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is an active stratovolcano on Saunders…

Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The are a ridge of rounded hills…

is a small plain just south…

Saunders Island

Latitude
-57.79647° or 57° 47′ 47″ south
Longitude
-26.46284° or 26° 27′ 46″ west
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open location code
39JM6G3P+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 229914370
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3426298
Wiki­data ID
Q1754102
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Satellite Map

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

From Basque to Swedish—“Saunders Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Saunders Irla (Hegoaldeko Sandwichak)”
  • Basque: “Saunders Irla”
  • Breton: “Enez Saunders”
  • Catalan: “Illa Saunders”
  • Cebuano: “Saunders Island”
  • Chinese: “桑德斯岛”
  • Chinese: “桑德斯島”
  • Dutch: “Saunderseiland”
  • French: “île Saunders”
  • French: “Île Saunders”
  • German: “Saunders Island”
  • Italian: “isola di Saunders”
  • Italian: “Isola di Saunders”
  • Japanese: “サンダース島”
  • Latvian: “Sondersa sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saunders Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saunders Island i Sør-Sandwichøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Saunders Island”
  • Norwegian: “Saundersøya”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Saundersīeg”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Saunders”
  • Russian: “остров Сандерс”
  • Russian: “Остров Сандерса”
  • Russian: “Сондерс”
  • Spanish: “Isla Saunders”
  • Swedish: “Saunders Island”

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