Beauchene Island
Beauchene Island is the southernmost of the Falkland Islands, lying about 54 kilometres south of Porpoise Point in Lafonia. It was discovered in 1701 by Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne, after whom it was named.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Falkland Islands
- Also known as: “Beauchêne” and “Beauchêne Island”
Beauchene Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-52.90521° or 52° 54′ 19″ southLongitude
-59.18521° or 59° 11′ 7″ westOpen location code
38V23RV7+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 4891595OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Beauchene Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beauchêne Island”
- Chinese: “博謝訥島”
- Dutch: “Beauchene eiland”
- Dutch: “Beauchêne Island”
- Dutch: “Beauchene-eiland”
- French: “Ile Beauchene”
- French: “île Beauchêne”
- French: “Île Beauchêne”
- French: “Ile Beauchesne”
- German: “Beauchene Island”
- German: “Isla Beauchêne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beauchene Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beauchêne Island”
- Norwegian: “Beauchene Island”
- Russian: “Бошен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Beauchene”
- Spanish: “Beauchene”
- Spanish: “Isla Beauchene”
- Spanish: “isla Beauchêne”
- Spanish: “Isla Beauchêne”
- Swedish: “Beauchêne Island”
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