Gibbs Island

Gibbs Island lies 25 km southwest of in the of Antarctica. James Weddell, whose chart of the islands appeared in 1825, was apparently the first to use the current name of this island, discovered in 1821 by Russians who then named it Rozhnov Island.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • …is also known as “Rozhnova, ostrov”
  • Description: island in Antarctica

Gibbs Island

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Latitude
-61.47096° or 61° 28′ 16″ south
Longitude
-55.63852° or 55° 38′ 19″ west
Open location code
38C6G9H6+JH
Geo­Names ID
6633822
Wiki­data ID
Q1522879

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Gibbs Island” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Gibbs”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qibbs adası”
  • Cebuano: “Gibbs”
  • Chinese: “吉布斯島”
  • Dutch: “Gibbs Island”
  • French: “île Gibbs”
  • French: “Île Gibbs”
  • German: “Gibbs Island”
  • Italian: “Gibbs Island (South Shetland Islands)”
  • Italian: “Gibbs island”
  • Italian: “Gibbs Island”
  • Italian: “isola Gibbs”
  • Italian: “Isola Gibbs”
  • Japanese: “ギブス島”
  • Latvian: “Gibsa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gibbs Island i Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gibbs Island på Sør-Shetlandsøyane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gibbs Island”
  • Polish: “Gibbs Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Gibbs”
  • Russian: “Джиббс (остров)”
  • Russian: “Джиббс”
  • Russian: “Остров Рожнова”
  • Spanish: “Gibbs, isla”
  • Spanish: “Isla Gibbs”
  • Swedish: “Gibbs Island”
  • Swedish: “Gibbs”
  • Turkish: “Gibbs Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіббс”

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