False Island
False Island is the largest of three islands lying at the east side of Hackapike Bay, off the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pear Island and Head Island.
Pear Island
Islet
Pear Island is a small island lying immediately southwest of False Island, off the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, off the Antarctic Peninsula.
Head Island
Islet
Head Island is a small island that lies 1.1 kilometres south of Andrews Point and close to the northeast side of Anvers Island, Antarctica. The feature is situated at the southeast side of Hackapike Bay and is not to be confused with Pear Island and False Island which are just northeastward.
False Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: the largest of three islands lying at the east side of Hackapike Bay, off the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.5173° or 64° 31′ 2″ southLongitude
-62.8829° or 62° 52′ 58″ westOpen location code
377VF4M8+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 224776714OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“False Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Falsa (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Falsa”
- Chinese: “法爾斯島”
- Dutch: “False Island”
- Esperanto: “Falsinsulo”
- German: “False Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “False Island”
- Spanish: “Falsa, isla”
- Spanish: “Falso, Islote”
- Swedish: “Falsa”
- Swedish: “False Island”
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