Weddell Island
Weddell Island is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is situated 1,545 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island, 1,165 km north of Livingston Island, 606 km northeast of Cape Horn, 358 km northeast of Isla de los Estados, and 510 km east of the Atlantic entrance to Magellan Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Falkland Islands
- Also known as: “Isla de San José” and “Isla Weddell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Weddell.
Mount Weddell
Peak
Photo: Kelperwitch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Weddell is the summit of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. The mountain rises to 383 metres and is situated 8 km northeast of Race Point, 9.8 km east of Pillar Bluff, 4.35 km southwest of Weddell Settlement and 4.6 km west-northwest of Circum Peak. Mount Weddell is situated 2 miles east of Weddell Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weddell Settlement and Race Point.
Weddell Settlement
Hamlet
Weddell Settlement is the only settlement on Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands, situated on the east coast of the island at the head of the sheltered Gull Harbour, part of Queen Charlotte Bay. Weddell Settlement is situated 4 miles northeast of Weddell Island.
Race Point
Locality
Race Point is the point on the north side of Smylie Channel forming the south extremity of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. The point is located at, which is 26.7 km south-southwest of Swan Point, 3.5 km west-northwest of neighbouring Dyke Island, 1.8 km north of West Island and 4 km north-northeast of Orford Hill, West Falkland. Race Point is situated 4½ miles south of Weddell Island.
Weddell Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Weddell Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ուեդդելի կղզի”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Уэдэл”
- Belarusian: “Уэдэл”
- Catalan: “illa Weddell”
- Catalan: “Illa Weddell”
- Catalan: “Weddell Island”
- Cebuano: “Isla San José”
- Cebuano: “Weddell Island (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Falkland)”
- Cebuano: “Weddell Island”
- Chinese: “威德尔岛”
- Chinese: “威德爾島”
- Dutch: “Weddell Island”
- Dutch: “Weddelleiland”
- French: “Ile Weddell”
- French: “île Weddell”
- French: “Île Weddell”
- French: “Swan Island”
- German: “Swan Island”
- German: “Weddell Insel”
- German: “Weddell Island”
- German: “Weddell-Insel”
- German: “Weddell-Island”
- German: “Weddellinsel”
- Italian: “Isola Weddell”
- Japanese: “ウェッデル島”
- Japanese: “ウェデル島”
- Korean: “웨델섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Weddell Island”
- Norwegian: “Weddell Island”
- Russian: “Уэдделл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Weddell”
- Spanish: “Isla San Jose”
- Spanish: “Isla San José”
- Swedish: “Isla San José”
- Swedish: “Weddell Island (ö i Falklandsöarna)”
- Swedish: “Weddell Island”
- Ukrainian: “Ведделл”
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