Astor Island
Astor Island is an island lying between Rugged Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area 12 hectares. The feature was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for B.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Vineh Peak and Bakshev Ridge.
Vineh Peak
Peak
Vineh Peak is a rocky peak rising to 186 m in the east extremity of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is named after Khan Vineh of Bulgaria, 756-760 AD.
Bakshev Ridge
Peak
Bakshev Ridge is a rugged rocky ridge on Rugged Island, off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
San Stefano Peak
Peak
San Stefano Peak is a rocky peak rising to 256 m, the summit of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. San Stefano Peak is situated 2½ km northwest of Astor Island.
Astor Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.64077° or 62° 38′ 27″ southLongitude
-61.17202° or 61° 10′ 19″ westOpen location code
379W9R5H+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 918700418OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6634310Wikidata ID
Q4811076
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Astor Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Astor”
- Chinese: “阿斯托爾島”
- Dutch: “Astor Island”
- German: “Astor Island”
- Hebrew: “אסטור”
- Hebrew: “האי אסטור”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Astor Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Astor”
- Spanish: “Astor, isla”
- Swedish: “Astor (ö)”
- Swedish: “Astor Island”
- Swedish: “Astor”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Livingston and Station P.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cherven Peak and Wasp Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Astor Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.