Half Moon Island
Half Moon Island is a minor Antarctic island, lying in McFarlane Strait 1.35 km north of Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Camara and Rodopi Peak.
Camara
Dwelling
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Cámara Base is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Frigate Lieutenant Naval Aviator Juan Ramón Cámara. It is located in the northern foothills of La Morenita Hill, at Menguante Cove in Half Moon Island off the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Rodopi Peak
Peak
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Rodopi Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to approximately 500 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Islandin the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is named after Rodopi Mountains in Bulgaria and Greece. Rodopi Peak is situated 4 km south of Half Moon Island.
Half Moon Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in South Shetland Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Half Moon Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Half Moon Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة هاف مون”
- Azerbaijani: “Aypara adası”
- Cebuano: “Media Luna”
- Chinese: “半月島”
- Dutch: “Half Moon Island”
- Esperanto: “Duonluna Insulo”
- French: “île Half Moon”
- French: “Île Half Moon”
- German: “Half Moon Island”
- Hebrew: “אי חצי ירח”
- Italian: “Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands)”
- Italian: “Half Moon Island”
- Italian: “isola Half Moon”
- Italian: “Isola Half Moon”
- Italian: “Isola Halfmoon”
- Italian: “Isola HalfMoon”
- Italian: “Isola Mezza Luna”
- Italian: “Isola Mezzaluna”
- Italian: “Mezza Luna Island”
- Italian: “Mezzaluna Island”
- Japanese: “ハーフムーン島”
- Korean: “하프문섬”
- Latvian: “Hāfmūna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Half Moon Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Half Moon Island”
- Norwegian: “Half Moon Island”
- Polish: “Half Moon Island”
- Russian: “Остров Полумесяца”
- Russian: “Хаф-Мун”
- Spanish: “Isla Halfmoon”
- Spanish: “Isla Media Luna”
- Spanish: “Media Luna, isla”
- Swedish: “Half Moon Island”
- Turkish: “Half Moon Adası”
- Turkish: “Yarım Ay Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Півмісяця”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Captain Arturo Prat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saddleback Ridge and Girardi, islote.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Half Moon Island”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.