Fridtjof Island
Fridtjof Island is an island lying 2.4 km northeast of Vázquez Island, off the southeast side of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Palmer Archipelago
- Also known as: “Fridtjof, Ile” and “Fridtjof, isla”
Fridtjof Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fridtjof Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fridtjof”
- Chinese: “弗里喬夫島”
- Dutch: “Fridtjof Island”
- French: “île Fridtjof”
- French: “Île Fridtjof”
- German: “Fridtjof-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fridtjof Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Fridtjof”
- Spanish: “Fridtjof, Isla”
- Swedish: “Fridtjof (ö)”
- Swedish: “Fridtjof Island”
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