Rescapé Islands
Rescapé Islands is a small group of rocky islands lying 0.5 nautical miles northwest of Cape Margerie along the Adélie Coast. Surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition under Andre Liotard, and named in remembrance of an incident of the disembarkation at nearby Port Martin station, when a ship's boat was carried away by the wind.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 15 metres (49 feet)
- Description: Island group in Adélie Land, Antarctica
- Also known as“Rescapés, Ile des”“Rescapés, Iles des”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Martin.
Rescapé Islands
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.81667° or 66° 49′ south
Longitude
141.36667° or 141° 22′ east
Open location code
3R5359M8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rescapé Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rescapé Islands”
- Chinese: “里斯凱普群島”
- Dutch: “Rescape Islands”
- German: “Îles des Rescapés”
- German: “Inseln der Überlebenden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île des Rescapés”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rescape Islands”
- Swedish: “Rescapé Islands”
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