Cormorant Island
Cormorant Island is a 10 ha island lying in Bismarck Strait 1 km south of Anvers Island, 4 km east-south-east of Bonaparte Point, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hermit Island and Jacobs Island.
Hermit Island
Island
Hermit Island is an island nearly 2 kilometres long, lying 3 kilometres southeast of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Hermit Island is situated 2½ km west of Cormorant Island.
Jacobs Island
Islet
Jacobs Island is a narrow island 560 m long between the Hellerman Rocks and Laggard Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Paul F. Jacobs Island is situated 2½ km southwest of Cormorant Island.
Shortcut Island
Shortcut Island is a crescent-shaped island 0.64 km long, with three prominent indentations of the north shore, lying 1.1 km SSE of Gamage Point and Palmer Station along the SW coast of Anvers Island. Shortcut Island is situated 4 km west of Cormorant Island.Cormorant Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island of the Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.79356° or 64° 47′ 37″ southLongitude
-63.96616° or 63° 57′ 58″ westOpen location code
377R624M+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1005192143OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cormorant Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cormorant Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Cormorant Island”
- Chinese: “科莫倫特島”
- Dutch: “Cormorant Island”
- German: “Cormorant Island”
- German: “Kormoraninsel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cormorant Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Cormorant”
- Swedish: “Cormorant Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Cormorant Island”
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