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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Falkland Islands
- Also known as: “Ile Weddell”, “Isla de San José”, “Isla San Jose”, “Isla Weddell”, “Swan Island”, “Weddell Insel”, “Weddell Island (ö i Falklandsöarna)”, “Weddell Island (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Falkland)”, “Weddell-Insel”, “Weddell-Island”, “Weddellinsel”, and “ウェデル島”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Weddell.
Mount Weddell
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weddell Settlement and Race Point.
Weddell Settlement
Hamlet
Weddell Settlement is the only settlement… Weddell Settlement is situated 4 miles northeast of Weddell Island.
Race Point
Locality
Race Point is the point on the north side… Race Point is situated 4½ miles south of Weddell Island.
Weddell Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Latitude
-51.91667° or 51° 55′ south
Longitude
-61° or 61° west
Elevation
794 feet (242 metres)
Open location code
37WX32M2+82
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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”
- Cebuano: “Isla San José”
- Cebuano: “Weddell Island”
- Chinese: “威德尔岛”
- Chinese: “威德爾島”
- Dutch: “Weddelleiland”
- French: “île Weddell”
- French: “Île Weddell”
- German: “Weddell Island”
- Italian: “Isola Weddell”
- Japanese: “ウェッデル島”
- Korean: “웨델섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Weddell Island”
- Norwegian: “Weddell Island”
- Russian: “Уэдделл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Weddell”
- Spanish: “Isla San José”
- Swedish: “Isla San José”
- Swedish: “Weddell Island”
- Turkish: “Weddell Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Ведделл”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dyke Point and Wine Bluff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Valley Hill and Kelp Creek.
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