Giganteus Island
Giganteus Island is the most northern of the Rookery Islands in the west part of Holme Bay, MacRobertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
- Description: island of the coast of eastern Antarctica
Giganteus Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.57667° or 67° 34′ 36″ south
Longitude
62.48722° or 62° 29′ 14″ east
Open location code
3J44CFFP+8V
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Giganteus Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Giganteus Island”
- Chinese: “吉甘蒂斯島”
- Dutch: “Giganteus Island”
- German: “Giganteus Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giganteus Island”
- Swedish: “Giganteus Island”
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