Wolstenholme Island
Wolstenholme Island is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwestern Greenland. The island lies west of the Bylot Sound off Cape Atholl in the southern shore of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord, south of Saunders Island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Avannaata, Greenland
- Also known as: “Kekertarssuak”, “Kekertasuak Agpa”, and “Qeqertarssuaq”
Wolstenholme Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
76.43036° or 76° 25′ 49″ north
Longitude
-70.02484° or 70° 1′ 29″ west
Elevation
345 metres (1,132 feet)
Open location code
C78FCXJG+43
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Wolstenholme Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wolstenholme Ø”
- Cebuano: “Wolstenholme Ø”
- Chinese: “伍爾斯滕霍姆島”
- Danish: “Wolstenholme Ø”
- Japanese: “ウォルステンホルム島”
- Macedonian: “Волстенхолмов Остров”
- Swedish: “Wolstenholme Ø”
- Turkish: “Wolstenholme Adası (Grönland)”
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