Cornwallis Island
Cornwallis Island is an island 1 mile long, which lies 5 miles northeast of the east end of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Cornwallis Island dates back to about 1821 and is now established in international usage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cornwallis, isla” and “Mihajlova ostrov”
Cornwallis Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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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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