Young Island
Young Island is the northernmost and westernmost of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 8 kilometres northwest of Buckle Island, some 115 kilometres north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,200 metres (3,940 feet)
- Description: island of the Balleny Islands in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.41667° or 66° 25′ south
Longitude
162.4° or 162° 24′ east
Open location code
3V54H9MX+8X
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Young Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Young”
- Cebuano: “Young Island”
- Chinese: “扬岛”
- Chinese: “揚島”
- Dutch: “Young Island”
- French: “Île Young”
- German: “Young Island”
- Italian: “Isola Young”
- Japanese: “ヤング島”
- Korean: “영섬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Young Island”
- Polish: “Wyspa Younga”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Young”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Young”
- Russian: “Остров Янг”
- Russian: “Янг”
- Spanish: “Isla Young”
- Swedish: “Young Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Young Island”
- Turkish: “Young Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Янг”
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