Smith Island

Smith Island is 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, lying 49 miles west of in the of the British Antarctic Territory.
Wikipedia
Photo: Cfrohlich, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the South Shetland Islands
  • Also known as: “Smith, isla”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Antim Peak and Foster, Mount.

Peak
Photo: Cfrohlich, Public domain.
is the ice-covered peak rising to 1,995 m in on Smith Island in the , . Situated 2.25 km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit and , respectively, 5.4 km south-southwest of , 16 km southwest of Cape Smith, and 16 km northeast of Cape James.

Peak
Photo: Apcbg, Public domain.
Mount Foster is a peak rising to 2,025 metres in the on Smith Island in the . It is the highest point of the South Shetland Islands archipelago.

Peak
is a peak rising to 1691 m in on Smith Island, . Situated 2 km northeast of , to which it is linked by , 4.09 km east by south of Villagra Point, and 1.9 km south of .

Smith Island

Latitude
-62.98051° or 62° 58′ 50″ south
Longitude
-62.5195° or 62° 31′ 10″ west
Elevation
1,735 metres (5,692 feet)
Open location code
379V2F9J+Q6
Geo­Names ID
6625563
Wiki­data ID
Q966606
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Satellite Map

Discover Smith Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Smith Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سميث (جزر جنوب شيتلاند)”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سميث”
  • Asturian: “Islla Smith”
  • Azerbaijani: “Smit adası”
  • Basque: “Smith uhartea”
  • Bengali: “স্মিথ দ্বীপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Смит”
  • Catalan: “illa Smith”
  • Catalan: “Illa Smith”
  • Cebuano: “Smith”
  • Chinese: “史密斯岛”
  • Chinese: “史密斯島”
  • Dutch: “Smith Island”
  • Finnish: “Smithinsaari”
  • French: “île Smith”
  • French: “Île Smith”
  • German: “Smith Island”
  • Hebrew: “האי סמית‘”
  • Hebrew: “סמית’”
  • Italian: “Isola Smith (Shetland Meridionali)”
  • Italian: “Isola Smith”
  • Japanese: “スミス島”
  • Japanese: “ボロディノ島”
  • Korean: “스미스섬”
  • Latvian: “Smita sala”
  • Mirandese: “Ilha Smith”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Smith Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Smith Island i Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Smith Island”
  • Polish: “Smith Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Smith”
  • Russian: “Смит”
  • Spanish: “Isla Smith”
  • Spanish: “Smith, Isla”
  • Swedish: “Smith (ö)”
  • Swedish: “Smith Island, Antarktis”
  • Turkish: “Smith Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Сміт (Південні Шетландські острови)”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Сміт”

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