Flank Island

Flank Island is the southernmost of the , lying 2 nautical miles east-northeast of the Snag Rocks in the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57 and from the helicopter of HMS Protector in March 1958, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of its position.
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Latitude
-65.11977° or 65° 7′ 11″ south
Longitude
-64.35476° or 64° 21′ 17″ west
Open location code
376QVJJW+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224802620
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6633180
Wiki­data ID
Q5457395

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Flank Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Flank Island”
  • Chinese: “弗蘭克島”
  • Dutch: “Flank Island”
  • German: “Flank Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flank Island”
  • Swedish: “Flank Island”

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