Argentine Islands
The Argentine Islands are a group of islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica, situated 9 km southwest of Petermann Island, and 7 km northwest of Cape Tuxen on Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Woozle Hill.
Woozle Hill
Peak
Galindez Island is an island 0.5 nautical miles long, lying immediately east of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It is home to the Vernadsky Research Base.
Argentine Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica, 9 km SW of Petermann Island, 7 km NW of Cape Tuxen, Kiev Peninsula, Graham Land; discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition 1903–05; so named to thank Argentina’s support to the expedition
- Categories: archipelago, island group, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Argentine Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illes Argentina”
- Cebuano: “Argentina”
- Chinese: “阿根廷群島”
- Esperanto: “Argentininsuloj”
- French: “archipel Argentine”
- French: “Archipel Argentine”
- German: “Archipel Argentine”
- German: “Argentinische Inseln”
- Hebrew: “איי ארגנטינה”
- Japanese: “アルゼンチン諸島”
- Latvian: “Argentīnas salas”
- Latvian: “Argentine Islands”
- Latvian: “Îles Argentines”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Argentine Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Argentine Islands”
- Norwegian: “Argentine Islands”
- Polish: “Argentine Islands”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Argentinas”
- Spanish: “Argentina, islas”
- Spanish: “Argentine, Islas”
- Spanish: “Islas Argentina”
- Spanish: “Islas Argentine”
- Swedish: “Argentina (ö)”
- Swedish: “Argentine Islands”
- Ukrainian: “Аргентинські острови”
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