Sierra Island
Sierra Island is a narrow island which is marked by a series of small elevations throughout its length, lying 0.5 miles northwest of Dee Island and north of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pasarel Island and Emeline Island.
Pasarel Island
Islet
Pasarel Island is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is situated 900 m northwest of Barrientos Island, 1.35 km northeast of Sierra Island and 650 m southeast of Emeline Island.
Emeline Island
Islet
Emeline Island is a conspicuous rocky island rising to over 100 m in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Barrientos Island
Islet
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barrientos Island is a small, ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.71 by 0.54 km, surface area 65 hectares. Barrientos Island is situated 3 km east of Sierra Island.
Sierra Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.40614° or 62° 24′ 22″ southLongitude
-59.80618° or 59° 48′ 22″ westOpen location code
3892H5VV+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 223704641OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Sierra Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sierra Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sierra”
- Chinese: “謝拉島”
- Dutch: “Sierra Island”
- German: “Sierra Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sierra Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Sierra”
- Spanish: “Isla Sierra”
- Spanish: “Sierra, Isla”
- Swedish: “Sierra Island”
- Swedish: “Sierra”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Ficheto Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stoker Island and Aitcho Islands.
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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 “Sierra Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.