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.- Type: Islet
- Description: Island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Christoffersen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Michelsen Island and Grey Island.
Michelsen Island
Islet
Michelsen Island is a small island in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It is joined to the southern end of Powell Island by a narrow isthmus of occasionally submerged boulders.
Grey Island
Islet
Grey Island is 1 km south of Michelsen Island and 2 km west of the southern part of Fredriksen Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was first charted and named Holmen Graa on a map by the Norwegian whaler Captain Petter Sorlle, who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912–13. Grey Island is situated 2½ km southeast of Christoffersen Island.
Christoffersen Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-60.72879° or 60° 43′ 44″ southLongitude
-45.03858° or 45° 2′ 19″ westOpen location code
38FP7XC6+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 233397268OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Christoffersen Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Christoffersen Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Christoffersen”
- Chinese: “克里斯托弗森島”
- Dutch: “Christoffersen Island”
- German: “Christoffersen Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christoffersen Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christoffersenøya”
- Spanish: “Christoffersen, isla”
- Swedish: “Christoffersen Island”
- Swedish: “Christoffersen”
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Highlights include Whale Skerries and Coffer Island.
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