Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island is the second largest ice rise of Antarctica and world-wide, after Berkner Island. Despite its name, it is not an island, since the bedrock below the ice at its highest part is below sea level.
Avenue, Public domain.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 550 metres (1,800 feet)
- …is also known as “Roosevelt Island, Antarctica”
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.28333° or 79° 17′ south
Longitude
-162° or 162° west
Open location code
22GWP282+M2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Roosevelt Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة روزفلتArabic
Islla RooseveltAsturian
Ruzvelt adasıAzerbaijani
Остров РузвелтBulgarian
РузвелтBulgarian
Illa de RooseveltCatalan
Roosevelt IslandCatalan
Roosevelt IslandCebuano
Roosevelt Island (pulo sa Antarctica)Cebuano
罗斯福岛Chinese
羅斯福島Chinese
Rooseveltův ostrovCzech
RooseveltDutch
Roosevelt-eilandDutch
RooseveltinsaariFinnish
Illa RooseveltGalician
რუზველტის კუნძულიGeorgian
ΡούσβελτGreek
Ρούσβελτ νήσοςGreek
רוזוולטHebrew
Isola RooseveltItalian
ルーズベルト島Japanese
루스벨트섬Korean
Roosevelt IslandLatvian
Rūzvelta salaLatvian
Ruzvelto salaLithuanian
Roosevelt IslandNorwegian
RooseveltøyaNorwegian
Roosevelt IslandNorwegian Bokmål
Roosevelt IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Roosevelt Island i AntarktisNorwegian Nynorsk
RooseveltøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
جزیره روزولتPersian
Wyspa RooseveltaPolish
Остров РузвельтRussian
Остров РузвельтаRussian
РузвельтRussian
Rooseveltov ostrovSlovak
Roosevelt IslandSwedish
Roosevelt AdasıTurkish
Roosevelt Adası (Antarktika)Turkish
Острів РузвельтаUkrainian
روزویلٹ جزیرہWestern Panjabi
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