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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Tsiolkovskiy Island
- Type: Island
- Description: Antarctic island named for Tsiolkovsky
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.49715° or 70° 29′ 50″ southLongitude
2.92086° or 2° 55′ 15″ eastElevation
200 metres (656 feet)Open location code
2FX4GW3C+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 228689932OpenStreetMap 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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