Dynamite Island
Dynamite Island is a small, low, rocky island in Back Bay, lying 130 metres east of Stonington Island, off the Fallières Coast on the west side of Graham Land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stonington Island and Anemometer Hill.
Stonington Island
Islet
Photo: Mark Sykes, CC BY 2.0.
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1.8 km northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Anemometer Hill
Peak
Anemometer Hill is a hill 25 metres high northeast of Fishtrap Cove on Stonington Island, in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the East Base party of the U.S.
Mast Hill
Peak
Mast Hill is a hill 14 metres high about 100 meters from the western end of Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Base.
East Base
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.
Dynamite Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.18782° or 68° 11′ 16″ southLongitude
-66.98614° or 66° 59′ 10″ westElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
373MR267+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1005270093OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6632494Wikidata ID
Q5319080
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dynamite Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dinamita”
- Chinese: “炸藥島”
- Dutch: “Dynamite Island”
- German: “Dynamite Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dynamite Island”
- Spanish: “Dinamita, islote”
- Spanish: “Petrel, Islote”
- Swedish: “Dinamita”
- Swedish: “Dynamite Island”
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