Benten Island
Benten Island is a small island lying 9 kilometres west of Ongulkalven Island in the eastern part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. It was mapped from surveys and from air photos by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957–62, and named "Benten-shima".- Island
- …is also known as “Benten sima”
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.04083° or 69° 2′ 27″ south
Longitude
39.25389° or 39° 15′ 14″ east
Open location code
3G2XX753+MH
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Benten Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Benten Zima”
- Chinese: “本滕島”
- Dutch: “Benten Island”
- German: “Benten-Insel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bentenøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bentenøya”
- Norwegian: “Bentenøya”
- Swedish: “Benten Island”
- Swedish: “Benten Zima”
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