Rowley Island

Rowley Island is one of the in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, . It is located in and has an area of 1,090 km2. Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at, and an Automated Surface Observing System.
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Rowley Island

Latitude
69.10102° or 69° 6′ 4″ north
Longitude
-78.86491° or 78° 51′ 54″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
97X3442P+C2
Geo­Names ID
6128658
Wiki­data ID
Q1027652
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Rowley Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Rouli adası
  • Bulgarian: Роули
  • Catalan: illa Rowley
  • Catalan: Illa Rowley
  • Cebuano: Rowley Island
  • Chinese: 罗利岛
  • Chinese: 羅利島
  • Dutch: Rowley Island
  • Dutch: Rowleyeiland
  • French: île Rowley
  • French: Île Rowley
  • Galician: Illa Rowley
  • German: Rowley Island
  • Italian: isola Rowley
  • Italian: Isola Rowley
  • Japanese: ローリー島
  • Macedonian: Роули
  • Malayalam: റോവ്‌ളി ദ്വീപ്
  • Polish: Rowley Island
  • Polish: Wyspa Rowley
  • Russian: Роули
  • Serbian: Rouli
  • Serbian: Rowley Island
  • Serbian: Роули
  • Spanish: Isla Rowley
  • Swedish: Rowley Island
  • Turkish: Rowley Island

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