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 Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north across the Neumayer Channel and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to its east across the Gerlache Strait.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 430 metres (1,400 feet)
- …is also known as “Wiencke, Ile”
- Description: island in Antarctica
Nearby Peaks
Discover Wheat, Mount and Noble Peak.
Wheat, Mount
Mount Wheat is a prominent mountain forming the…
Noble Peak
Noble Peak is a peak in the Comer Range, 720…
3 km northwest of Wiencke Island
Jabet Peak
Jabet Peak is a peak in the Comer Range, 545 metres…
3½ km west of Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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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
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wiencke Island” goes by many names.
WienckeCebuano
温克岛Chinese
溫克島Chinese
Wiencke IslandDutch
Insulo WienckeEsperanto
וינצקהHebrew
Île WienckeLatvian
Isla WienckeLatvian
Vīnkes salaLatvian
WienckeLatvian
Wiencke IslandLatvian
Wiencke IslandNorwegian
Wiencke IslandNorwegian Bokmål
Wiencke IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Wiencke IslandPolish
WienckeönSwedish
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