Anchorage Island
Anchorage Island is an island lying 1.3 kilometres south-east of Lagoon Island in the Léonie Islands, off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10.- Type: Island
- Description: islet off the Antarctic Pensisula
- Also known as: “Islote Amarra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirsty Island.
Kirsty Island
Islet
Kirsty Island is an island in Ryder Bay, west of Lagoon Island and East of Léonie Island. It has outcrops of reddish rocks and is used by scientists at Rothera Research Station as a site for marine research and recreation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rothera Research Station.
Rothera Research Station
Hamlet
Photo: Dconnor9, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory. Rothera Research Station is situated 6 km northeast of Anchorage Island.
Anchorage Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Anchorage Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Amarra”
- Dutch: “Amarra”
- German: “Anchorage Island”
- Italian: “Isola Anchorage”
- Spanish: “Amarra, islote”
- Spanish: “Anchorage, Islote”
- Spanish: “Islote Amarra”
- Spanish: “Islote Anchorage”
- Spanish: “Laguna, islote”
- Swedish: “Amarra”
- Swedish: “Anchorage Island, Västantarktis”
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