Wigg Islands

Wigg Islands is a group of six small islands, 11 kilometres northwest of the in , , . They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Mesteinene.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 5 metres (16 feet)
  • Description: archipelago north of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica

Wigg Islands

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Latitude
-67.54167° or 67° 32′ 30″ south
Longitude
62.56056° or 62° 33′ 38″ east
Open location code
3J44FH56+86
Geo­Names ID
6628079
Wiki­data ID
Q7999580

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wigg Islands” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wigg Islands”
  • Chinese: “威格群島”
  • Dutch: “Wigg Islands”
  • German: “Wigg-Inseln”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mesteinene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wigg Islands”
  • Swedish: “Wigg Islands”

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