Wright Island
Wright Island is an ice-covered island 35 nautical miles long, lying at the north edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.Wright Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antartica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-74.05° or 74° 3′ south
Longitude
-116.75° or 116° 45′ west
Elevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)
Open location code
25Q5X722+22
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wright Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wright Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Wright Island”
- Chinese: “莱特岛”
- Chinese: “萊特島”
- Chinese: “賴特島”
- Chinese: “赖特岛”
- Dutch: “Wright Island”
- German: “Wright Island”
- Italian: “Isola Wright”
- Japanese: “ライト島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wright Island”
- Polish: “Wright Island”
- Swedish: “Wright Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Wright Island”
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