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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Latitude
-66.405° or 66° 24′ 18″ south
Longitude
110.51222° or 110° 30′ 44″ east
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
Open location code
3P5GHGV6+XV
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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”
- Swedish: “Ford Island”
- Turkish: “Ford Adası”
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