Russia
Russian Far East
Chukotka

Herald Island

Herald Island is a small, isolated island in the Chukchi Sea, 60 kilometres east of Waring Point, . It rises in sheer cliffs, making it quite inaccessible, either by ship or by plane.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Russia
  • Also known as: “Ostrov Geralda”

Herald Island

Latitude
71.38005° or 71° 22′ 48″ north
Longitude
-175.63257° or 175° 37′ 57″ west
Open location code
C23699J8+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138623366
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4031711
Wiki­data ID
Q1586913
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Herald Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Geraldeiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Heraldeiland”
  • Asturian: “Islla Herald”
  • Azerbaijani: “Herald adası”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Геральд”
  • Belarusian: “Геральд”
  • Bulgarian: “Хералд”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Herald”
  • Cebuano: “Ostrov Geral’d”
  • Chinese: “赫勒尔德岛”
  • Chinese: “赫勒爾德島”
  • Dutch: “Gerald”
  • Finnish: “Geraldinsaari”
  • French: “île Herald”
  • French: “Île Herald”
  • German: “Gerald-Insel”
  • German: “Herald-Insel”
  • Hebrew: “גרלד”
  • Italian: “Herald Island”
  • Italian: “isola Herald”
  • Italian: “Isola Herald”
  • Japanese: “ゲラリト島”
  • Japanese: “ヘラルド島”
  • Latvian: “Heralda sala”
  • Malayalam: “ഹെറാൾഡ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Geraldøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heraldøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ostrov Gerald”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Остров Геральд”
  • Russian: “Геральд”
  • Russian: “остров Геральд”
  • Russian: “Остров Геральд”
  • Spanish: “Isla Herald”
  • Turkish: “Herald Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “острів Геральд”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Herald Island”. Photo: John Muir, Public domain.