Runaway Island
Runaway Island is a rocky island 0.7 nautical miles west of the west tip of Neny Island and 0.2 nautical miles northwest of surf rock, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Fuga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baffle Rock and Bear Island.
Baffle Rock
Islet
Baffle Rock is a small rock, just visible at the surface at high tide, lying in the center of the deep water channel approach to Stonington Island, 1.1 kilometres northwest of the western tip of Neny Island in Marguerite Bay.
Bear Island
Island
Bear Island or Isla Teniente González is a rocky island lying 1.9 kilometres west of Stonington Island in Marguerite Bay, off the coast of Graham Land. Bear Island is situated 2½ km northeast of Runaway Island.
Reference Islands
Islet
Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, 13 nautical miles long and 5 nautical miles wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then south-westwards into Marguerite Bay between the Debenham Islands and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Reference Islands is situated 2½ km west of Runaway Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Base.
East Base
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. East Base is situated 5 km northeast of Runaway Island.
Runaway Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.20399° or 68° 12′ 14″ southLongitude
-67.09982° or 67° 5′ 59″ westOpen location code
373JQWW2+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 225979545OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Runaway Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fuga”
- Chinese: “拉納韋島”
- Dutch: “Fuga”
- Dutch: “Runaway Island”
- German: “Runaway Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Runaway Island”
- Spanish: “Fuga, islotes”
- Spanish: “Orrego Vicuña, Islote”
- Swedish: “Fuga”
- Swedish: “Runaway Island”
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Highlights include Reference Islands and Mast Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Runaway Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.