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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (240 feet)
- Description: island of the Windmill Islands in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.405° or 66° 24′ 18″ south
Longitude
110.51222° or 110° 30′ 44″ east
Open location code
3P5GHGV6+XV
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ford Island” goes by many names.
Ford IslandCebuano
福德島Chinese
Ford IslandDutch
Isola FordItalian
Ford IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Ford Island i Windmill IslandsNorwegian Nynorsk
Ford IslandSwedish
Ford AdasıTurkish
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