Nilsen Island
Nilsen Island is a small island lying 1.5 nautical miles west of the north part of Novosilski Bay, off the south coast of South Georgia. The island has appeared on charts since the 1930s.Nilsen Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.65437° or 54° 39′ 16″ southLongitude
-36.41353° or 36° 24′ 49″ westOpen location code
39Q58HWP+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1003910565OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3474145Wikidata ID
Q7037456
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nilsen Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nilsen Island”
- Chinese: “尼爾森島”
- Dutch: “Nilsen Island”
- German: “Nilsen Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nilsen Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Nilsen”
- Swedish: “Nilsen Island”
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