Rasmussen Island
Rasmussen Island is a small island in the north part of Waddington Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The north entrance to Waddington Bay was named "Cap Rasmussen" by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, but air photos show no significant point there which can be reidentified without ambiguity.- Type: Cape
- Description: island on the coast of Graham Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Rasmussen, Cabo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mill, Mount and Edge Hill.
Mill, Mount
Peak
Mount Mill is a mountain, 735 metres, standing 2 nautical miles west of Mount Balch on the northeast shore of Waddington Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Edge Hill
Peak
Mount Tranchant is a small mountain or hill directly on the west coast of Graham Land. The feature marks the south side of the terminus of Wiggins Glacier.
Rasmussen Island
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rasmussen Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rasmussen (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Rasmussen”
- Chinese: “拉斯穆森島”
- Dutch: “Rasmussen Island”
- German: “Rasmussen Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rasmussen Island”
- Spanish: “Rasmussen, cabo”
- Spanish: “Rasmussen, isla”
- Swedish: “Cabo Rasmussen”
- Swedish: “Rasmussen (udde)”
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