Descartes Island

Descartes Island is a rocky island 0.2 kilometres long, midway between and La Conchee and 1.7 kilometres north-northeast of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Descartes, Ile” and “Ile Descartes”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Martin.

Locality
Photo: Pepys, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or , is an abandoned French… is situated 6 km southwest of Descartes Island.

Descartes Island

Latitude
-66.77917° or 66° 46′ 45″ south
Longitude
141.47778° or 141° 28′ 40″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
3R536FCH+84
Geo­Names ID
6632054
Wiki­data ID
Q3369845
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Descartes Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Descartes”
  • Chinese: “笛卡兒島”
  • Dutch: “Descartes Island”
  • German: “Île Descartes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Descartesøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Descartes”
  • Norwegian: “Descartesøya”
  • Swedish: “Descartes Island”
  • Swedish: “Descartes”

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