Antarctica

Reluctant Island

Reluctant Island is a small off eastern Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. So named because of the feature's apparent reluctance to be recognized as an island; it did not appear on maps of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934–37 and was mapped as a peninsula by FIDS in 1948–50.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Spincloud Heights and Russet Pikes.

Peak
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a heights bordering the north side of on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57, and so named because clouds of spindrift blowing off the heights give warning of approaching storms.

Peak
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
are Antarctic peaks just east of the mouth of on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. The name is descriptive; reddish-brown colour is visible on the feature most of the year, the slopes being too steep to retain snow cover for any length of time. is situated 3 km northwest of Reluctant Island.

Peak
is a peak at the head of in western Horseshoe Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958. The name is descriptive of this three-sided matterhorn-type peak. is situated 3½ km southwest of Reluctant Island.

Reluctant Island

Latitude
-67.83389° or 67° 50′ 2″ south
Longitude
-67.07459° or 67° 4′ 29″ west
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
374J5W8G+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225858284
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6624041
Wiki­data ID
Q7311481
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Reluctant Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Reluctant Island”
  • Chinese: “里拉克滕特島”
  • Dutch: “Reluctant Island”
  • German: “Reluctant Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Reluctant Island”
  • Spanish: “Rechazo, islotes”
  • Swedish: “Reluctant Island”

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