Pyramid Island
Pyramid Island is a conspicuous, pillar-shaped rocky island rising to 205 m off the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island of the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Islote Piramide”, “Islote Pirámide”, “Piramide, islote”, “Pirámide, islote”, and “Pyramid Island, South Shetland Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Koshava Island and Esperanto Island.
Koshava Island
Island
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Koshava Island is the easternmost island in the Zed group off Varna Peninsula, northeastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Koshava Island is situated 2½ km southwest of Pyramid Island.
Esperanto Island
Island
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Esperanto Island is the largest and northwesternmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Esperanto Island is situated 4 km west of Pyramid Island.
Lesidren Island
Island
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Lesidren Island is the second largest and southernmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Lesidren Island is situated 3½ km southwest of Pyramid Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 6 km south of Pyramid Island.
Pyramid Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.41743° or 62° 25′ 3″ southLongitude
-60.10305° or 60° 6′ 11″ westElevation
205 metres (673 feet)Open location code
379XHVMW+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 224764087OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6623731Wikidata ID
Q7263252
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pyramid Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pirámide”
- Chinese: “皮拉米德島”
- Dutch: “Pirámide”
- Esperanto: “Piramidinsulo”
- German: “Pyramid Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pyramid Island i Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pyramid Island, Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
- Spanish: “Isla Pirámide”
- Spanish: “Islote Piramide”
- Spanish: “Islote Pirámide”
- Spanish: “Pirámide, Islote”
- Swedish: “Pirámide”
- Swedish: “Pyramid Island, Antarktis”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rusokastro Rock and Goritsa Rocks.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pyramid Island”. Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.