Cornwallis Island

Cornwallis Island is an island 1 mile long, which lies 5 miles northeast of the east end of , in the . Named for Sir William Cornwallis following its 1819 discovery by Sir William Parry, this island became a strategic site in 1947 with the opening of a weather station and airstrip at Resolute.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cornwallis, isla” and “Mihajlova ostrov”

Cornwallis Island

Latitude
-61.07238° or 61° 4′ 21″ south
Longitude
-54.46414° or 54° 27′ 51″ west
Open location code
38C7WGHP+28
Geo­Names ID
6631516
Wiki­data ID
Q283065
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Cornwallis Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Kornuells adası”
  • Catalan: “illa de Cornwallis”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Cornwallis”
  • Cebuano: “Cornwallis”
  • Chinese: “康沃利斯島”
  • Chuvash: “Корнуэллс”
  • Croatian: “Cornwallis (Južni Shetland)”
  • Croatian: “Cornwallis”
  • Dutch: “Cornwallis”
  • Esperanto: “Kornvala Insulo”
  • French: “île Cornwallis”
  • French: “Île Cornwallis”
  • German: “Cornwallis-Insel”
  • Italian: “isola Cornwallis”
  • Italian: “Isola Cornwallis”
  • Japanese: “コーンウォリス島 (サウス・シェトランド諸島)”
  • Japanese: “コーンウォリス島”
  • Korean: “콘월리스섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Kornvaliso sala”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cornwallis Island i Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
  • Polish: “Cornwallis Island”
  • Russian: “Корнуэллс”
  • Spanish: “Cornwallis, Isla”
  • Spanish: “Isla Cornwallis”
  • Swedish: “Cornwallis Island, Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “Cornwallis”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнуелс”

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