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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- …is also known as “Rothschild, Ile de”
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.42862° or 69° 25′ 43″ south
Longitude
-72.55371° or 72° 33′ 13″ west
Open location code
3729HCCW+HG
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rothschild Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة روتشيلدArabic
Rothschild uharteaBasque
Rothschild IslandCebuano
罗斯柴尔德岛Chinese
羅斯柴爾德島Chinese
Rothschild IslandDutch
האי רוטשילדHebrew
רוטשילדHebrew
Isola RothschildItalian
ロスチャイルド島Japanese
RotschildøyaNorwegian
Rothschild IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Rothschild IslandPolish
Rothschild IslandSwedish
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