Beaufort Island

Beaufort Island is an island in 's . It is the northernmost feature of the , lying 21 kilometres north of , .
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Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paton Peak and Cadwalader Beach.

Peak
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the highest point, at 740 m, on Beaufort Island, in the . Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for James Paton, a seaman who made at least six voyages to the area.

Beach
is a beach nearly 1 mile long at the south end of Beaufort Island, in the in in Antarctica. The beach is occupied by a large Adélie penguin rookery and there is easy access from the sea when the coast is ice free.

Beaufort Island

Latitude
-76.94771° or 76° 56′ 52″ south
Longitude
166.94206° or 166° 56′ 31″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
2VM83W2R+WR
Geo­Names ID
6622603
Wiki­data ID
Q786201
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Satellite Map

Discover Beaufort Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Beaufort Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Bofort adası”
  • Cebuano: “Beaufort Island”
  • Chinese: “博福特島”
  • Czech: “Beaufortův ostrov”
  • Dutch: “Beaufort Island”
  • French: “île Beaufort”
  • French: “Île Beaufort”
  • German: “Beaufort-Insel”
  • Hebrew: “אי בופורט”
  • Italian: “Isola Beaufort”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beaufort Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beaufort Island”
  • Norwegian: “Beaufort Island”
  • Persian: “جزیره بوفورت”
  • Polish: “Beaufort Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Beaufort”
  • Romanian: “Insula Beaufort”
  • Russian: “Остров Бофорта”
  • Spanish: “Isla Beaufort”
  • Swedish: “Beaufort Island, Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “Beaufort Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Бофорта”

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