Wiencke Island

Wiencke Island is an island 26 km long and from 3 to 8 km wide, about 67 km2 in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the , lying between to its north across the Neumayer Channel and the west coast of the to its east across the .
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Photo: Georges Nijs, CC BY 2.0.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 426 metres (1,398 feet)
  • …is also known as “Wiencke, Ile”
  • Description: island in Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wheat, Mount and Noble Peak.

Peak
Mount Wheat is a prominent mountain forming the…

Peak
is a peak in the , 720… is situated 3 km northwest of Wiencke Island.

Peak
is a peak in the , 545 metres… is situated 3½ km west of Wiencke Island.

Wiencke Island

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Latitude
-64.8227° or 64° 49′ 22″ south
Longitude
-63.38733° or 63° 23′ 14″ west
Open location code
377R5JG7+W3
Geo­Names ID
6628074
Wiki­data ID
Q719526

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wiencke Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wiencke”
  • Chinese: “温克岛”
  • Chinese: “溫克島”
  • Dutch: “Wiencke Island”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Wiencke”
  • French: “île Wiencke”
  • French: “Île Wiencke”
  • German: “Wiencke Island”
  • German: “Wiencke-Insel”
  • German: “Wiencke”
  • Hebrew: “וינצקה”
  • Latvian: “Île Wiencke”
  • Latvian: “Isla Wiencke”
  • Latvian: “Vīnkes sala”
  • Latvian: “Wiencke Island”
  • Latvian: “Wiencke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wiencke Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wiencke Island”
  • Norwegian: “Wiencke Island”
  • Polish: “Wiencke Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Wiencke”
  • Spanish: “Isla Wiencke”
  • Spanish: “Wiencke, isla”
  • Swedish: “Wienckeön”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brown and Palmer.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Harbour Glacier and Wall Range.

Antarctica: Highlights

Notable places include Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

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