Charcot Island

Charcot Island or Charcot Land is an island administered under the Antarctic Treaty System, 56 kilometres long and 46 kilometres wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Antarctic
  • Also known as: Charcot Land” and “Charcot, Ile

Charcot Island

Latitude
-69.75° or 69° 45′ south
Longitude
-75.25° or 75° 15′ west
Elevation
446 metres (1,463 feet)
Open location code
37267Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
6620717
Wiki­data ID
Q1063104
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Charcot Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة تشاركوت
  • Belarusian: Востраў Шарко
  • Belarusian: Шарко
  • Bulgarian: Шарко (остров)
  • Bulgarian: Шарко
  • Catalan: Illa Charcot
  • Cebuano: Charcot Island
  • Chinese: 沙爾科島
  • Czech: Charcotův ostrov
  • Dutch: Charcot Island
  • Finnish: Charcotʼnsaari
  • French: Ile Charcot
  • French: île Charcot
  • French: Île Charcot
  • French: Terre Charcot
  • Galician: Illa Charcot
  • German: Charcot Island
  • German: Charcot-Insel
  • Greek: Νήσος Σαρκό
  • Hebrew: ארץ שארקו
  • Hebrew: האי שארקו
  • Hebrew: שארקו
  • Italian: Charcot Island
  • Italian: isola Charcot
  • Italian: Isola Charcot
  • Japanese: シャルコー島
  • Latvian: Šarko sala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Charcot Island
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Charcotøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Charcot Island
  • Norwegian: Charcotøya
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illa Charcot
  • Polish: Wyspa Charcot
  • Polish: Wyspa Charcota
  • Portuguese: Ilha Charcot
  • Russian: Шарко (остров)
  • Russian: Шарко
  • Slovak: Charcotov ostrov
  • Spanish: Charcot, Isla
  • Spanish: Isla Charcot
  • Swedish: Charcot Island
  • Ukrainian: Острів Шарко
  • Welsh: Ynys Charcot

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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 “Charcot Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.