Christoffersen Island
Christoffersen Island is a small island immediately west of the southern end of Powell Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. The name appears on a chart by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, who made a running survey of these islands in 1912–13.- Islet
- …is also known as “Christoffersen”
- Description: Island in Antarctica
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Christoffersen Island
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.72879° or 60° 43′ 44″ south
Longitude
-45.03858° or 45° 2′ 19″ west
Open location code
38FP7XC6+FH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Christoffersen Island” goes by many names.
ChristoffersenCebuano
克里斯托弗森島Chinese
Christoffersen IslandDutch
Christoffersen IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
ChristoffersenøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
ChristoffersenSwedish
Christoffersen IslandSwedish
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