Torgersen Island
Torgersen Island is a small rocky island lying just east of Litchfield Island in the entrance to Arthur Harbour, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.Places of Interest
Highlights: Litchfield Island and Humble Island.
Torgersen Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-64.77274° or 64° 46′ 22″ south
Longitude
-64.0745° or 64° 4′ 28″ west
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
377Q6WGG+W6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Torgersen Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Torgersen”
- Chinese: “托格森島”
- Dutch: “Torgersen Island”
- German: “Torgersen Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torgersen Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torgersen Island”
- Norwegian: “Torgersen Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Torgersen”
- Spanish: “Torgersen, Isla”
- Swedish: “Torgersen Island”
- Swedish: “Torgersen”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Station N.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Elephant Rocks and Water Tank.
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Worth a closer look: Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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