Dorsey Island
Dorsey Island is a mainly ice-covered island, 22 kilometres long, lying in Wilkins Sound off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The highest point of the island is Mount Snell which rises to about 500 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Island near Antarctica
- Also known as: “Dorsey, isla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snell, Mount.
Snell, Mount
Peak
Mount Snell is the southwesternmost and highest of the three peaks on Dorsey Island, an island merged within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, off the northwest coast of Alexander Island and situated near the entrance of Haydn Inlet, Antarctica. Snell, Mount is situated 3½ km northeast of Dorsey Island.
Dorsey Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Dorsey Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dorsey Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dorsey”
- Chinese: “多西島”
- Dutch: “Dorsey Island”
- German: “Dorsey Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dorsey Island”
- Spanish: “Dorsey, Isla”
- Swedish: “Dorsey Island”
- Swedish: “Dorsey”
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