Persson Island

Persson Island is an 1.5 nautical miles long, lying in the entrance to Rohss Bay on the southwest side of . Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901–04, and named by him for Nils Persson, a patron of the expedition.
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Latitude
-64.19844° or 64° 11′ 54″ south
Longitude
-58.39521° or 58° 23′ 43″ west
Open location code
3873RJ23+JW
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map 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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