Vázquez Island
Vázquez Island is an island lying between Fridtjof and Bob islands, off the southeast side of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under J.B.- Island
- …is also known as “Truant Island”
- Description: island in the Palmer Archipelago
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.91953° or 64° 55′ 10″ south
Longitude
-63.40514° or 63° 24′ 19″ west
Open location code
377R3HJV+5W
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vázquez Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vazquez”
- Chinese: “巴斯克斯島”
- Dutch: “Vázquez Island”
- German: “Vázquez-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vazquez Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Vásquez”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Vázquez”
- Spanish: “Rojas Parker, Isla”
- Spanish: “Vazquez, isla”
- Swedish: “Vázquez Island”
- Swedish: “Vazquez”
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