Piton Island
Piton Island is a small rocky island lying 0.19 kilometres southwest of Guano Island in the Curzon Islands. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and so named by them for its very pointed shape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Piton, Ile du”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Martin.
Port Martin
Locality
Port Martin, or Port-Martin, is an abandoned French research base at Cape Margerie on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica, as well as the name of the adjacent anchorage. Port Martin is situated 10 km southwest of Piton Island.
Piton Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Piton Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Piton Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Piton Island”
- Chinese: “皮頓島”
- Dutch: “Piton Island”
- German: “Île Piton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Piton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piton Island”
- Swedish: “Île Piton”
- Swedish: “Piton Island”
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