Barrientos Island
Barrientos Island is a small, ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.71 by 0.54 km, surface area 65 hectares.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pasarel Island and Bilyana Island.
Pasarel Island
Islet
Pasarel Island is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is situated 900 m northwest of Barrientos Island, 1.35 km northeast of Sierra Island and 650 m southeast of Emeline Island.
Bilyana Island
Islet
Bilyana Island is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 450 by 290 m, surface area 10 hectares. Bilyana Island is situated 2½ km north of Barrientos Island.
Sierra Island
Islet
Sierra Island is a narrow island which is marked by a series of small elevations throughout its length, lying 0.5 miles northwest of Dee Island and north of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Sierra Island is situated 3 km west of Barrientos Island.
Barrientos Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.40644° or 62° 24′ 23″ southLongitude
-59.74986° or 59° 44′ 60″ westOpen location code
3892H7V2+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 223705763OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Barrientos Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Barrientos Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Turner”
- Chinese: “巴里恩托斯島”
- Dutch: “Barrientos Island”
- German: “Barrientos Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Barrientos”
- Japanese: “バリエントス島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barrientos Island”
- Spanish: “Barrientos, Isla”
- Spanish: “Isla Barrientos”
- Spanish: “Turner, islote”
- Swedish: “Barrientos Island”
- Swedish: “Turner”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Camp Academia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aitcho Islands and Emeline Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barrientos Island”. Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.