Signy Island
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle after his wife, Signy Therese.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 66 metres (217 feet)
- Description: subantarctic island
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jane Peak and McLeod Glacier.
Signy Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.716° or 60° 42′ 58″ south
Longitude
-45.633° or 45° 37′ 59″ west
UN/LOCODE
AQ SGN
Open location code
38FP79M8+HQ
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Signy Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Siqni adası”
- Catalan: “illa Signy”
- Catalan: “Illa Signy”
- Cebuano: “Signy”
- Chinese: “西格尼岛”
- Chinese: “西格尼島”
- Dutch: “Signy Island”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Signy”
- Finnish: “Signy Island”
- French: “île Signy”
- French: “Île Signy”
- German: “Signy Island”
- German: “Signy-Insel”
- Hebrew: “סיגני (אי)”
- Hebrew: “סיגני”
- Italian: “Isola di Signy”
- Japanese: “シグニー島”
- Latvian: “Signijas sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Signy Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Signy Island”
- Norwegian: “Signy Island”
- Polish: “Signy”
- Russian: “Сигни”
- Russian: “Сигню”
- Spanish: “Isla Signy”
- Spanish: “Signy, isla”
- Swedish: “Signy Island”
- Swedish: “Signy”
- Turkish: “Signy Adası”
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