Wood Island

Wood Island is a conspicuous rocky island in Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica lying southeast of Desolation Island and Miladinovi Islets and forming the south side of Blythe Bay.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Craggy Island and Miladinovi Islets.

Craggy Island

Islet

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Craggy Island is a narrow island marked by crags, lying in Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the northeast side of Blythe Bay.

Miladinovi Islets

Islet

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Miladinovi Islets is a group of two small rocky islands, 500 by 370 m, and 350 by 200 m respectively, situated 300 m south of Iratais Point on Desolation Island off the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica.

Desolation Island

Island

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Desolation Island is one of the minor islands in the South Shetlands archipelago, Antarctica situated at the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island. The island is V-shaped with its northern coast indented by Kozma Cove. Desolation Island is situated 3½ km northwest of Wood Island.

Wood Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Antarctica
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Antarctica
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Latitude

-62.48304° or 62° 28′ 59″ south

Longitude

-60.30807° or 60° 18′ 29″ west

Open location code

379XGM8R+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 224764169

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

6628248

Wikidata ID

Q8032220

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Satellite Map

Discover Wood Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wood Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Wood”
Chinese: “伍德島”
Dutch: “Wood Island”
German: “Wood Island”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wood Island ved Livingston Island”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wood Island, Livingston Island”
Spanish: “Isla Wood”
Spanish: “Wood, isla”
Swedish: “Wood Island, Antarktis”
Swedish: “Wood”

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