Craggy Island
Craggy Island is a narrow island marked by crags, lying in Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the northeast side of Blythe Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: Antarctic island
- Also known as: “Escarpado, islote” and “Islote Escarpado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Desolation Island and Wood Island.
Desolation Island
Island
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Desolation Island is one of the minor islands in the South Shetlands archipelago, Antarctica situated at the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island. The island is V-shaped with its northern coast indented by Kozma Cove.
Wood Island
Islet
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Wood Island is a conspicuous rocky island in Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica lying southeast of Desolation Island and Miladinovi Islets and forming the south side of Blythe Bay.
Miladinovi Islets
Islet
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Miladinovi Islets is a group of two small rocky islands, 500 by 370 m, and 350 by 200 m respectively, situated 300 m south of Iratais Point on Desolation Island off the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica. Miladinovi Islets is situated 2½ km southwest of Craggy Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 10 km east of Craggy Island.
Craggy Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.46379° or 62° 27′ 50″ southLongitude
-60.29915° or 60° 17′ 57″ westOpen location code
379XGPP2+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6399549470OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6631593Wikidata ID
Q5180616
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Craggy Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Escarpado”
- Chinese: “克拉吉島”
- Dutch: “Craggy Island”
- Dutch: “Escarpado”
- German: “Craggy Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Craggy Island ved Livingston Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Craggy Island, Livingston Island”
- Spanish: “Escarpado, Islote”
- Spanish: “Isla Craggy”
- Spanish: “Islote Escarpado”
- Swedish: “Craggy Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Escarpado”
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