Sphinx Island
Sphinx Island is an island 2 nautical miles long and 1 nautical mile wide, having a bare rocky summit with vertical faces on all four sides, lying in the entrance to Barilari Bay north of Loqui Point on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Land in Antarctica.Sphinx Island
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Graham Land, Antarctica
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-65.89189° or 65° 53′ 31″ southLongitude
-64.87884° or 64° 52′ 44″ westOpen location code
376Q445C+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 225857459OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sphinx Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Esfinge”
- Chinese: “斯芬克斯島”
- Dutch: “Esfinge”
- Dutch: “Sphinx Island”
- German: “Sphinx Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sphinx Island”
- Spanish: “Esfinge, isla”
- Swedish: “Esfinge”
- Swedish: “Sphinx Island”
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