White Island
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica. It is 15 nautical miles long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 700 metres (2,300 feet)
- Description: island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Heine and Kienle Cirque.
Mount Heine
Peak
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica.
Kienle Cirque
Valley
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica.
Hayward, Mount
Peak
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica.
White Island
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.07778° or 78° 4′ 40″ south
Longitude
167.4294° or 167° 25′ 46″ east
Open location code
2VH9WCCH+VQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“White Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “White Island”
- Chinese: “怀特岛”
- Chinese: “懷特島”
- Dutch: “White Island”
- Esperanto: “Blanka Insulo”
- French: “Île White”
- German: “White Island”
- Hebrew: “האי וייט”
- Italian: “Isola White (arcipelago di Ross)”
- Italian: “Isola White”
- Japanese: “ホワイト島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “White Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “White Island i Ross Archipelago”
- Norwegian: “White Island”
- Persian: “جزیره وایت”
- Portuguese: “Ilha White”
- Swedish: “White Island, Ross Archipelago”
- Swedish: “White Island”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as McMurdo Shear Zone and LDB Launch Pad.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marshall Cirque and Dibble Bluff.
Antarctica: Highlights
Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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