King Island
King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.
- Island
- …has about 300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 660 metres (2,150 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code TNM
- Description: island of the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as“Isla 25 de Mayo”“King George Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hopeful, Mount and Rea Peak.
Hopeful, Mount
Peak
Mount Hopeful is a peak standing 1.5 nautical miles… Hopeful, Mount is situated 3½ km south of King Island.
King Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62° or 62° south
Longitude
-58.1° or 58° 6′ west
Open location code
38C32W22+22
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“King Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة 25 مايو”
- Arabic: “جزيرة الملك جورج”
- Azerbaijani: “Kinq-Corc adası”
- Basque: “George erregearen uhartea”
- Bavarian: “King George Insl”
- Bulgarian: “Кинг Джордж”
- Catalan: “Illa del Rei Jordi”
- Catalan: “Illa Rei Jordi”
- Catalan: “Illa Waterloo”
- Cebuano: “King George Island”
- Chinese: “乔治王岛”
- Chinese: “喬治王島”
- Czech: “King George Island”
- Czech: “Ostrov krále Jiřího”
- Dutch: “King George Island”
- Dutch: “King George-eiland”
- Esperanto: “Reĝo Georgo”
- Finnish: “King George Island”
- Finnish: “Kuningas Yrjön saari”
- French: “Île du Roi-George”
- Galician: “Illa Rei Xurxo”
- Georgian: “მეფე ჯორჯის კუნძული”
- German: “Isla 25 de Mayo”
- German: “King George Island”
- German: “King-George-Insel”
- German: “König-Georg-Insel”
- Greek: “Νήσος Βασιλιά Γεώργιου”
- Hausa: “Tsibirin King George (South Shetland Islands)”
- Hausa: “Tsibirin King George”
- Hebrew: “אי המלך ג’ורג‘”
- Hungarian: “György király-sziget”
- Italian: “Isola di re George”
- Italian: “Isola di re Giorgio”
- Italian: “King George Island”
- Japanese: “キング・ジョージ島”
- Korean: “킹조지섬”
- Latvian: “Karaļa Džordža sala”
- Lithuanian: “Karaliaus Jurgio sala”
- Lithuanian: “Vaterlo sala”
- Macedonian: “25 Мај”
- Macedonian: “Кинг Џорџ”
- Macedonian: “Крал Џорџ”
- Macedonian: “Остров на Кралот Џорџ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “King George Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isla 25 de Mayo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isla Rey Jorge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “King George Island i Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “King George Island”
- Norwegian: “King George Island”
- Norwegian: “Kong Georgs øy”
- Persian: “جزیره پادشاه جورج (قطب جنوب)”
- Persian: “جزیره کینگ جورج”
- Polish: “Wyspa Króla Jerzego”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Rei George”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Rei George”
- Russian: “Ватерлоо”
- Russian: “Кинг-Джордж”
- Slovenian: “Isla 25 de Mayo”
- Slovenian: “King Georg Island”
- Slovenian: “Otok kralja Jurija”
- Spanish: “25 de Mayo, isla”
- Spanish: “Isla 25 de mayo”
- Spanish: “Isla Rey Jorge”
- Spanish: “Isla Veinticinco de Mayo”
- Spanish: “Rey Jorge, Isla”
- Swedish: “King George Island”
- Swedish: “King George’s Island”
- Turkish: “Kral George Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Кінг-Джордж”
- Uzbek: “Qirol George oroli”
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