Skua Island
Skua Island is a roughly triangular island 0.7 nautical miles long, lying between Black Island to the southwest and Winter Island and Galindez Island to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anna Soina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Skua”, “Skúa”, and “Skua, islote”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woozle Hill.
Woozle Hill
Peak
Galindez Island is an island 0.5 nautical miles long, lying immediately east of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It is home to the Vernadsky Research Base.
Skua Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Skua Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Skua Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skúa”
- Chinese: “斯丘厄島”
- Dutch: “Skua Island”
- Dutch: “Skúa”
- German: “Skua Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skua Island i Antarktis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skua Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Skúa”
- Spanish: “Skúa, Isla”
- Spanish: “Skúa, islote”
- Swedish: “Skúa Island”
- Swedish: “Skúa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skua Creek and Winter Island.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Skua Island”. Photo: Anna Soina, CC BY-SA 4.0.