Rothschild Island
Rothschild Island is a black, rugged island 39 kilometres long, mainly ice-covered but surmounted by prominent peaks of the Desko Mountains in Antarctica, 8 kilometres west of the north part of Alexander Island in the north entrance to Wilkins Sound.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Ile Rothschild” and “Rothschild, Ile de”
Rothschild Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.42862° or 69° 25′ 43″ south
Longitude
-72.55371° or 72° 33′ 13″ west
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
3729HCCW+HG
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rothschild Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة روتشيلد”
- Basque: “Rothschild uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Rothschild Island”
- Chinese: “罗斯柴尔德岛”
- Chinese: “羅斯柴爾德島”
- Dutch: “Rothschild Island”
- French: “île Rothschild”
- French: “Île Rothschild”
- German: “Rothschild-Insel”
- Hebrew: “האי רוטשילד”
- Hebrew: “רוטשילד”
- Italian: “Isola Rothschild”
- Japanese: “ロスチャイルド島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rothschild Island”
- Norwegian: “Rotschildøya”
- Polish: “Rothschild Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Rothschild”
- Spanish: “Isla Rothschild”
- Spanish: “Rothschild, isla”
- Swedish: “Rothschild Island”
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