Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, 25 nautical miles long and from 3 to 8 nautical miles wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to 1,265 metres.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in South Orkney Islands
- Also known as: “Isla Coronacion”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Brisbane Heights and Wave Peak.
Wave Peak
Peak
Wave Peak is a conspicuous peak, 960 metres, which… Wave Peak is situated 2½ km south of Coronation Island.
Coronation Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.59506° or 60° 35′ 42″ south
Longitude
-45.58777° or 45° 35′ 16″ west
Elevation
824 metres (2,703 feet)
Open location code
38FPCC36+XV
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Coronation Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Coronación”
- Azerbaijani: “Koroneyşen”
- Basque: “Koroatze uhartea”
- Bulgarian: “Коронейшън (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Коронейшън”
- Catalan: “illa Coronació”
- Catalan: “Illa Coronació”
- Cebuano: “Coronation Island”
- Chinese: “科羅內申島”
- Czech: “Korunovační ostrov”
- Dutch: “Coronation Island”
- Esperanto: “Kronada insulo”
- French: “île du Couronnement”
- French: “Île du Couronnement”
- Georgian: “კორონეიშენის კუნძული”
- German: “Coronation Island”
- German: “Coronation-Insel”
- Italian: “Isola dell’Incoronazione”
- Japanese: “コロネーション島”
- Korean: “코로네이션섬”
- Latvian: “Koroneišena”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Coronation Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Coronation Island”
- Norwegian: “Coronation Island”
- Norwegian: “Kroningsøya”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gewuldorbeagungīeg”
- Persian: “جزیره کورونیشن”
- Polish: “Coronation”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Coroação”
- Russian: “Коронейшен”
- Russian: “Коронейшн”
- Slovak: “Korunovačný ostrov”
- Spanish: “Coronación, isla”
- Spanish: “Isla Coronación”
- Swedish: “Coronation Island”
- Turkish: “Coronation Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Коронейшн (острів)”
- Ukrainian: “Коронейшн”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Coronation”
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Places to explore: Orcadas.
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Highlights: Beaufoy Ridge and Laws Glacier.
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