Elephant Island
Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 850 metres (2,800 feet)
- …is also known as “Mordvinova, ostrov”
- Description: island off the coast of Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-61.08486° or 61° 5′ 6″ south
Longitude
-55.18433° or 55° 11′ 4″ west
Open location code
38C6WR88+37
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Elephant Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة إليفانتArabic
جزيرة الفيلArabic
Fil adasıAzerbaijani
Elefante uharteaBasque
ЕлефантBulgarian
Елефант (остров)Bulgarian
Illa ElefantCatalan
Illa ElephantCatalan
Elephant IslandCebuano
海象岛Chinese
象岛Chinese
象海豹岛Chinese
Sloní ostrovCzech
Elephant IslandDanish
Elephant (eiland)Dutch
OlifanteilandDutch
Elefant-insuloEsperanto
Elefanta InsuloEsperanto
Elephant IslandEsperanto
Elephant-insuloEsperanto
Insulo ElephantEsperanto
ElefanttisaariFinnish
Elephant IslandFinnish
Illa ElefanteGalician
სპილოს კუნძულიGeorgian
Νήσος ΕλέφανταςGreek
אי הפילHebrew
אי הפיליםHebrew
Elefánt-szigetHungarian
Pulau ElephantIndonesian
Insula ElephanteInterlingua
Elephant islandItalian
Elephant Island (South Shetland Islands)Italian
Isola dell’ElefanteItalian
Isola ElefanteItalian
Isola ElephantItalian
エレファント島Japanese
엘리펀트 섬Korean
ElefantaLatvian
Слоновски ОстровMacedonian
ElefantøyaNorwegian
ElefantøyaNorwegian Bokmål
Elephant IslandNorwegian Bokmål
ElefantøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Elephant IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Isla ElefantOccitan (post 1500)
ElpendīegOld English (ca. 450-1100)
جزیره الفانتPersian
جزیره الفنتPersian
Elephant IslandPolish
Wyspa SłoniowaPolish
Мордвинова (остров)Russian
Остров МордвиноваRussian
Элефант (остров)Russian
Elephant IslandSlovenian
Slonji otokSlovenian
ElefantönSwedish
Elephant IslandSwedish
Elephant IslandTurkish
Fil AdasıTurkish
Острів МордвиноваUkrainian
Острів МордвіноваUkrainian
Ynys yr EliffantWelsh
OaljefanteilânWestern Frisian
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