Franklin Island
Franklin Island is an island 7 nautical miles long, lying in the Ross Sea about 80 nautical miles east of Cape Hickey, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
USGS, Public domain.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 240 metres (800 feet)
- Description: Antarctic island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-76.13684° or 76° 8′ 13″ south
Longitude
168.36776° or 168° 22′ 4″ east
Open location code
2VMCV979+74
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Franklin Island” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Франклин (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Франклин”
- Cebuano: “Franklin Island”
- Chinese: “富蘭克林島”
- Czech: “Franklin Island”
- Czech: “Franklinův ostrov”
- Dutch: “Franklin Island”
- French: “Île Franklin”
- Georgian: “ფრანკლინის კუნძული (ანტარქტიდა)”
- Georgian: “ფრანკლინის კუნძული”
- German: “Franklin-Insel”
- Hebrew: “פרנקלין”
- Italian: “Isola Franklin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Franklin Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franklin Island i Antarktis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franklin Island”
- Norwegian: “Franklin Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Franklin”
- Swedish: “Franklin Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Franklin Island”
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