Antarctica

Winkle Island

Winkle Island is the island lying between Tula Point and , , in the Biscoe Islands. It is separated from to the southwest by Mraka Sound.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Winkle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alino Island.

Islet
is the predominantly ice-covered island in Biscoe Islands, lying 1 kilometre south-southeast of Tula Point, . The feature is 1.2 kilometres long in southwest-northeast direction and 580 metres wide.

Winkle Island

Latitude
-65.51746° or 65° 31′ 3″ south
Longitude
-65.62489° or 65° 37′ 30″ west
Open location code
376PF9MG+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225856906
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6628200
Wiki­data ID
Q16875011
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Satellite Map

Discover Winkle Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Winkle Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Winkle”
  • Chinese: “溫克爾島”
  • Dutch: “Winkle Island”
  • German: “Winkle Island”
  • Japanese: “ウィンクル・アイランド”
  • Japanese: “ウィンクル島”
  • Spanish: “Winkle, isla”
  • Swedish: “Winkle Island”
  • Swedish: “Winkle”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Winkle Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.