Tsiolkovskiy Island
Tsiolkovskiy Island is an ice-covered island in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Queen Maud Land. The summit of the island rises about 200 m above the general level of the ice shelf. Kroshka Island lies close southwest and is similar but smaller.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 200 metres (660 feet)
- Description: Antarctic island named for Tsiolkovsky
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.49715° or 70° 29′ 50″ south
Longitude
2.92086° or 2° 55′ 15″ east
Open location code
2FX4GW3C+48
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tsiolkovskiy Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tsiolkovskiy Island”
- Chinese: “齊奧爾科夫斯基島”
- Dutch: “Tsiolkovskiy Island”
- German: “Ziolkowski-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsiolkovskiy Island”
- Swedish: “Tsiolkovskiy Island”
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