Antarctica

Chionis Island

Chionis Island is an island lying south of Awl Point, , in the . The name Snow Island was used for this feature by whalers in the area in the 1920s, but has not been used on any published map.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Palmer Archipelago
  • Also known as: “Snow Island”

Chionis Island

Latitude
-63.88469° or 63° 53′ 5″ south
Longitude
-60.62808° or 60° 37′ 41″ west
Open location code
378X498C+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224766503
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6631130
Wiki­data ID
Q5101425
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chionis Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chionis (pulo sa Antarctica)”
  • Cebuano: “Chionis”
  • Chinese: “奇奧尼斯島”
  • Dutch: “Chionis Island”
  • German: “Chionis Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chionis Island”
  • Spanish: “Chionis, isla”
  • Spanish: “Chionis, Islas”
  • Swedish: “Chionis Island”
  • Swedish: “Chionis”

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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 “Chionis Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.