Useful Island
Useful Island is an island 3.2 km west of Rongé Island, with a string of rocks between, lying in Gerlache Strait off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache.
- Islet
- Description: Antarctic island
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.71822° or 64° 43′ 6″ south
Longitude
-62.87105° or 62° 52′ 16″ west
Open location code
377V74JH+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Useful Island” goes by many names.
Useful IslandCebuano
尤斯弗爾島Chinese
Useful IslandDutch
Isola UsefulItalian
Useful IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
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