Ardley Island
Ardley Island is an island 1.9 kilometres long, lying in Maxwell Bay close off the south-west end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island (25 de Mayo)” and “ASPA-150”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Geologists Island and Julio Ripamonti.
Geologists Island
Islet
Geologists Island is an island, 0.5 kilometres long, lying south of Ardley Island in the entrance of Hydrographers Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Julio Ripamonti
Dwelling
Julio Ripamonti Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on Ardley Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base is located 50 meters above sea level, on a solid rock surface, 100 meters from the sea.
Diomedea Island
Islet
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diomedea Island is a small island lying in Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition called the feature "Ostrov Al'batros" or "Albatross Island" in 1968, but the English form duplicates a name in the Bay of Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Ardley Island
- Categories: protected area and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Ardley Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ardley Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ardley Island”
- Chinese: “阿德利島”
- Dutch: “Ardley Island”
- French: “île Ardley”
- French: “Île Ardley”
- German: “Ardley Island”
- Italian: “isola Ardley”
- Italian: “Isola Ardley”
- Latvian: “Ārdlija sala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ardley Island”
- Spanish: “Ardley, península”
- Spanish: “Isla Ardley”
- Swedish: “Ardley Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bellingshausen and Villa Las Estrellas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ardley Lake and Gulang Yu.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Ardley Island”. Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.