Tartar Island
Tartar Island is a small, ice-free, oval-shaped island 0.6 km long, lying 0.7 km north-west of Round Point, off the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Tartar Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kellick Island and Jagged Island.
Kellick Island
Islet
Kellick Island is an island 1 kilometre long, lying 2 kilometres north-east of Round Point, off the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Kellick Island is situated 2½ km northeast of Tartar Island.
Jagged Island
Islet
Jagged Island is a rocky island 5 kilometres north-northwest of Round Point, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Presumably known to early sealers in the area, it was charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935 and given this descriptive name. Jagged Island is situated 3½ km north of Tartar Island.
Tartar Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-61.93053° or 61° 55′ 50″ southLongitude
-58.43555° or 58° 26′ 8″ westOpen location code
38C33H97+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 10253812646OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6626471Wikidata ID
Q7686826
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Tartar Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tartar Island”
- Chinese: “塔爾塔爾島”
- Dutch: “Tartar Island”
- German: “Tartar Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tartar Island”
- Swedish: “Tartar Island”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Тартар”
- Ukrainian: “Тартар”
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