Ridley Island
Ridley Island is an island lying 3.7 kilometres north of False Round Point, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1822, and the name Ridley is well established in international usage.Ridley Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-61.84967° or 61° 50′ 59″ south
Longitude
-58.00873° or 58° 0′ 31″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
38C35X2R+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ridley Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ridley Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Ridley Island”
- Chinese: “里德利島”
- Dutch: “Ridley Island”
- German: “Ridley Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ridley Island”
- Spanish: “Ridley, isla”
- Swedish: “Ridley Island”
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