Ford Island
Ford Island is a rocky Antarctic island, 2.4 km long, between O'Connor and Cloyd Islands in the southern part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948.Ford Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Windmill Islands in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ford Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ford Island”
- Chinese: “福德島”
- Dutch: “Ford Island”
- German: “Ford Island”
- Italian: “isola Ford”
- Italian: “Isola Ford”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ford Island i Windmill Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ford Island”
- Swedish: “Ford Island”
- Turkish: “Ford Adası”
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