Persson Island
Persson Island is an island 1.5 nautical miles long, lying in the entrance to Rohss Bay on the southwest side of James Ross Island. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901–04, and named by him for Nils Persson, a patron of the expedition.Persson Island
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Graham Land, Antarctica
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.19844° or 64° 11′ 54″ southLongitude
-58.39521° or 58° 23′ 43″ westOpen location code
3873RJ23+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 223708311OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Persson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Persson”
- Chinese: “佩爾森島”
- Dutch: “Persson Island”
- German: “Persson-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Persson Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Persson”
- Spanish: “Persson, isla”
- Swedish: “Persson Island”
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