Benten Island

Benten Island is a small island lying 9 kilometres west of 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".
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: Benten sima

Benten Island

Latitude
-69.04083° or 69° 2′ 27″ south
Longitude
39.25389° or 39° 15′ 14″ east
Open location code
3G2XX753+MH
Geo­Names ID
6623941
Wiki­data ID
Q12713705
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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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