Anvers Island
Anvers Island, Antwerp Island, Antwerpen Island, or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 61 km long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.- Type: Island
- Description: high, mountainous island 61 km (38 miles) long, outside Antarctica
- Also known as: “Antverpenes sala”, “Antwerp Island”, “Antwerpen Island”, “Antwerpenön”, “Antwerpön”, “Anveras sala”, “Anvers, Ile”, “Ile Anvers”, “Illa Amberes”, “Illa Amvers”, “Isla Amberes”, “アンヴァース島”, “アンバース島”, and “アンベール島”
Anvers Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-64.6° or 64° 36′ south
Longitude
-63.5° or 63° 30′ west
Population
50
Elevation
2,009 metres (6,591 feet)
Open location code
377RCG22+22
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Anvers Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة أنفيرس”
- Azerbaijani: “Anvers adası”
- Bulgarian: “Анверс (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Анверс”
- Cebuano: “Anvers Island”
- Chinese: “昂韋爾島”
- Dutch: “Antwerpeneiland”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Anvers”
- Finnish: “Anversinsaari”
- French: “île Anvers”
- French: “Île Anvers”
- French: “île d’Anvers”
- Galician: “Illa Anvers”
- German: “Anvers-Insel”
- Greek: “Άνβερς”
- Hebrew: “אונוור”
- Hebrew: “אנוורס”
- Italian: “Isola Anvers”
- Italian: “isola di Anvers”
- Japanese: “アントウェルペン島”
- Korean: “앤버스섬”
- Latvian: “Anvera”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Anvers Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Anvers”
- Norwegian: “Anvers Island”
- Norwegian: “Anversøya”
- Polish: “Antwerpia”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Anvers”
- Russian: “Анверс”
- Spanish: “Amberes, isla”
- Spanish: “Anvers, Isla”
- Spanish: “Isla Anvers”
- Swedish: “Anversön”
- Turkish: “Anvers Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Антверпен”
- Western Panjabi: “انورز جزیرہ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Palmer and Brown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Zeus Ridge and Mount Français.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
Curious Islands to Discover
Uncover intriguing islands from every corner of the globe.