Confusion Island
Confusion Island is an island 0.2 nautical miles long at the west side of the entrance to Clowes Bay, off the south side of Signy Island. The southern point of the island was charted and named Confusion Point by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1933.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garnet Hill and Gneiss Hills.
Garnet Hill
Peak
Garnet Hill is a rocky hill, 230 metres high, rising above the east side of McLeod Glacier in the south part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
Gneiss Hills
Peak
The Gneiss Hills are two prominent hills, 270 and 260 metres high, at the west side of McLeod Glacier in the south part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.
McLeod Glacier
Glacier
McLeod Glacier is a glacier 1 nautical mile long, flowing in a southeasterly direction into Clowes Bay on the south side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica.
Confusion Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-60.73839° or 60° 44′ 18″ southLongitude
-45.63642° or 45° 38′ 11″ westOpen location code
38FP7967+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 233396220OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Confusion Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Confusion Island”
- Chinese: “肯菲尤任島”
- Dutch: “Confusion Island”
- German: “Confusion Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Confusion Island”
- Swedish: “Confusion Island”
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Highlights include Tilbrook Hill and Jane Peak.
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