Rasmussen Island

Rasmussen Island is a small in the north part of , on the west coast of . 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.
Wikipedia
  • Cape
  • …lies at an elevation of 33 metres (108 feet)
  • …is also known as “Rasmussen, Cabo”
  • Description: island on the coast of Graham Land, Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mill, Mount and Edge Hill.
Mount Mill is a mountain, 735 metres, standing…
Mount Tranchant is a small mountain or hill directly on the west coast of .

Rasmussen Island

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Latitude
-65.24801° or 65° 14′ 53″ south
Longitude
-64.08445° or 64° 5′ 4″ west
Open location code
376QQW28+Q6
Geo­Names ID
6623895
Wiki­data ID
Q7295143

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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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Highlights include Waddington Bay and Tuxen, Cape.

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