Foreland Island
Foreland Island is an island 2 kilometres east-southeast of Taylor Point, off the east side of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to sealers as early as 1821 and takes its name from North Foreland, the prominent cape 6 kilometres to the northwest.Foreland Island
- Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-61.93555° or 61° 56′ 8″ south
Longitude
-57.60915° or 57° 36′ 33″ west
Open location code
38C4397R+Q8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Foreland Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Promontorio”
- Chinese: “福爾蘭島”
- Dutch: “Foreland Island”
- German: “Foreland Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foreland Island”
- Spanish: “Promontorio, islote”
- Swedish: “Promontorio (ö)”
- Swedish: “Promontorio”
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