Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island is the second largest ice rise of Antarctica and world-wide, after . Despite its name, it is not an , since the bedrock below the ice at its highest part is below sea level.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: Roosevelt Island, Antarctica

Roosevelt Island

Latitude
-79.28333° or 79° 17′ south
Longitude
-162° or 162° west
Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)
Open location code
22GWP282+M2
Geo­Names ID
6620707
Wiki­data ID
Q501337
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Roosevelt Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة روزفلت
  • Asturian: Islla Roosevelt
  • Azerbaijani: Ruzvelt adası
  • Bulgarian: Остров Рузвелт
  • Bulgarian: Рузвелт
  • Catalan: illa de Roosevelt
  • Catalan: Illa de Roosevelt
  • Catalan: Roosevelt Island
  • Cebuano: Roosevelt Island (pulo sa Antarctica)
  • Cebuano: Roosevelt Island
  • Chinese: 罗斯福岛
  • Chinese: 羅斯福島
  • Czech: Rooseveltův ostrov
  • Dutch: Roosevelt-eiland
  • Dutch: Roosevelt
  • Dutch: Roosevelteiland
  • Finnish: Rooseveltinsaari
  • French: Ile Roosevelt
  • French: île Roosevelt
  • French: Île Roosevelt
  • Galician: Illa Roosevelt
  • Georgian: რუზველტის კუნძული
  • German: Roosevelt Island
  • German: Roosevelt-Insel
  • German: Rooseveltinsel
  • Greek: Ρούσβελτ νήσος
  • Greek: Ρούσβελτ
  • Hebrew: רוזוולט
  • Italian: isola Roosevelt
  • Italian: Isola Roosevelt
  • Japanese: ルーズベルト島
  • Korean: 루스벨트섬
  • Latvian: Roosevelt Island
  • Latvian: Rūzvelta sala
  • Lithuanian: Ruzvelto sala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Roosevelt Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Roosevelt Island i Antarktis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Roosevelt Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rooseveltøya
  • Norwegian: Roosevelt Island
  • Norwegian: Rooseveltøya
  • Persian: جزیره روزولت
  • Polish: Wyspa Roosevelta
  • Portuguese: Ilha Roosevelt
  • Russian: Остров Рузвельт
  • Russian: Остров Рузвельта
  • Russian: Рузвельт
  • Slovak: Rooseveltov ostrov
  • Spanish: Isla Roosevelt
  • Swedish: Roosevelt Island
  • Ukrainian: Острів Рузвельта
  • Western Panjabi: روزویلٹ جزیرہ

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Roosevelt Island”. Photo: Avenue, Public domain.