Berkner Island
Berkner Island is an Antarctic ice rise, where bedrock below sea level has caused the surrounding ice sheet to create a dome. If the ice cap were removed, the island would be underwater.- Type: Island
- Description: ice rise in the British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Berkner Ice Rise”, “Berkner ishaug”, “Berkner island”, “Hubley Island”, “Ile Berkner”, “Illa de Hubley”, “Illa Hubley”, “Isla han Berkner”, “Puro han Berkner”, “Purô han Berkner”, “возвышенность Беркнер”, “Остров Беркнер”, and “貝克納島”
Berkner Island
- Categories: ice rise and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.33333° or 79° 20′ south
Longitude
-48.11667° or 48° 7′ west
Elevation
616 metres (2,021 feet)
Open location code
28GHMV8M+M8
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Berkner Island” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Berkner-eiland”
- Armenian: “Բերկներ (կղզի)”
- Armenian: “Բերկներ”
- Asturian: “Islla Berkner”
- Azerbaijani: “Berkner”
- Bulgarian: “Беркнер”
- Catalan: “illa de Berkner”
- Catalan: “Illa de Berkner”
- Cebuano: “Berkner Island”
- Chinese: “伯克納島”
- Chinese: “伯克纳岛”
- Czech: “Berknerův ostrov”
- Dutch: “Berkner-eiland”
- Dutch: “Berknereiland”
- Finnish: “Berknerinsaari”
- French: “île Berkner”
- French: “Île Berkner”
- Galician: “Illa Berkner”
- Georgian: “ბერკნერი”
- German: “Berkner-Insel”
- Greek: “Μπέρκνερ”
- Italian: “isola Berkner”
- Italian: “Isola Berkner”
- Japanese: “バークナー島”
- Korean: “버크너섬”
- Latvian: “Berknera sala”
- Lithuanian: “Berknerio sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berknerøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Berkner Island”
- Norwegian: “Berknerøya”
- Persian: “جزیره برکنر”
- Polish: “Wyspa Berknera”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Berkner”
- Russian: “Беркнер”
- Slovenian: “Berkner”
- Spanish: “Isla Berkner”
- Swedish: “Berkner Island”
- Turkish: “Berkner Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Беркнер”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Berkner”
- Waray (Philippines): “Berkner”
- Welsh: “Ynys Berkner”
- Western Panjabi: “برکنر جزیرہ”
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