Henderson Island
Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Oeno, and Ducie Islands.
- Type: Island
- Description: atoll in the Pitcairn Islands, British Overseas Territories
- Also known as: “Henderson (eiland)”, “Henderson Inseln”, “Henderson-Inseln”, “Hendersonov ostrov”, “Ile Henderson”, “San João Baptista”, “האי הנדרסון”, and “英屬哈德孫島”
- Historically known as: “Elizabeth Island” and “San Juan Bautista”
Henderson Island
- Categories: limestone island and landform
- Location: Pitcairn Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-24.37368° or 24° 22′ 25″ south
Longitude
-128.32615° or 128° 19′ 34″ west
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
547HJMGF+GG
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Henderson Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة هندرسون”
- Armenian: “Հենդերսոն”
- Basque: “Henderson uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Хендэрсан”
- Belarusian: “Хендэрсан”
- Breton: “Enez Henderson”
- Burmese: “ဟန်ဒါဆန်ကျွန်း”
- Catalan: “illa Henderson”
- Catalan: “Illa Henderson”
- Cebuano: “Henderson Island”
- Chinese: “亨德森岛”
- Chinese: “亨德森島”
- Cornish: “Enys Henderson”
- Croatian: “Hendersonov otok”
- Czech: “Henderson”
- Czech: “Hendersonův ostrov”
- Danish: “Henderson”
- Dutch: “Henderson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هينديرسون ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هينديرسون”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Henderson”
- Estonian: “Hendersoni saar”
- Finnish: “Henderson Island”
- Finnish: “Hendersoninsaari”
- French: “Henderson”
- French: “Île Henderson”
- Galician: “Henderson (illas Pitcairn)”
- Galician: “Henderson”
- Georgian: “ჰენდერსონი”
- German: “Henderson”
- Hebrew: “הנדרסון”
- Hindi: “हेंडरसन द्वीप (पिटकेरेन द्वीप समूह)”
- Hungarian: “Henderson-sziget”
- Indonesian: “Henderson Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Henderson”
- Italian: “Henderson”
- Japanese: “ヘンダーソン島”
- Latvian: “Hendersona sala”
- Lithuanian: “Hendersono sala”
- Maltese: “Gżira ta‘ Henderson”
- Maltese: “Gżira ta’ Henderson”
- Mingrelian: “ჰენდერსონი”
- Nepali: “हेन्डरसन टापु”
- Northern Frisian: “Henderson (Pitcairn Eilunen)”
- Northern Frisian: “Henderson”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hendersonøya”
- Norwegian: “Hendersonøya”
- Persian: “جزیره هندرسون”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Henderson Ailen”
- Polish: “Henderson”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Henderson”
- Romanian: “Insula Henderson (Insulele Pitcairn)”
- Romanian: “Insula Henderson”
- Russian: “Хендерсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hendersonov otok”
- Slovak: “Henderson”
- Spanish: “Isla Henderson”
- Swedish: “Henderson Island”
- Tajik: “Ҳендерсон”
- Turkish: “Henderson Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Гендерсон”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Henderson”
- Western Mari: “Хендерсон ошмаоты”
- “Henderson Island”
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