Express Island
Express Island is a narrow and craggy island, 1.23 kilometres long, lying close offshore of northwest Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greaves Peak and Kabile Island.
Greaves Peak
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greaves Peak is a conspicuous sharp, dark, double-pointed rocky peak rising to 240 m in the northwest of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Kabile Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabile Island is an Antarctic island extending 700 m in south–north direction and 450 m wide, situated off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Cave Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cave Island is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Cave Island is situated 4 km west of Express Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 7 km southwest of Express Island.
Express Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: Island in the South Shetland Islands
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.44132° or 62° 26′ 29″ southLongitude
-59.98903° or 59° 59′ 21″ westElevation
246 metres (807 feet)Open location code
3892H256+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 223707639OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6632911Wikidata ID
Q5421668
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Satellite Map
Discover Express Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Express Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Express Island”
- Chinese: “伊克斯普雷斯島”
- Dutch: “Express Island”
- German: “Express Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Express Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Express”
- Swedish: “Express Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Camp Academia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pisanitsa Island and Zverino Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Express Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.