Desolation Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Desolacion, Isla”, “Isla Desolacion”, and “Isla Desolación”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burel Hill and Miladinovi Islets.
Burel Hill
Peak
Burel Hill is an ice-free hill rising 152 metres in the northwest part of Desolation Island off Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Miladinovi Islets
Islet
Photo: Apcbg, Public domain.
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.
Craggy Island
Islet
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Desolation Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.45641° or 62° 27′ 23″ southLongitude
-60.33926° or 60° 20′ 21″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
379XGMV6+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 224764180OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
6632062Wikidata ID
Q2276080
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Desolation Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Desolación”
- Chinese: “德瑟萊申島”
- Dutch: “Desolación”
- Dutch: “Desolation Island”
- French: “île Desolation”
- French: “Île Desolation”
- German: “Desolation Island”
- German: “Isla Desolación”
- Italian: “Desolation Island”
- Italian: “isola Desolation”
- Italian: “Isola Desolation”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Desolation Island i Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Desolation Island på Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Desolation Island”
- Polish: “Desolation Island”
- Spanish: “Desolación, Isla”
- Spanish: “Isla Desolación”
- Swedish: “Desolación”
- Swedish: “Desolation Island, Antarktis”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wood Island and Balsha Island.
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