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.- Island
- Description: Island in Graham Land, Antarctica
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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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
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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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