Haswell Islands

The Haswell Islands are a group of rocky coastal islands lying off , Antarctica, and extending about 3 kilometres seaward. They were charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who applied the name "Rookery Islands" because of a large emperor penguin rookery on , the largest and seaward island in the group.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island group off the coast of Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Hasvela salas”, “Haswell”, “Haswell islands”, and “Rookery Islands”

Haswell Islands

Latitude
-66.55954° or 66° 33′ 34″ south
Longitude
92.96221° or 92° 57′ 44″ east
Open location code
3M5JCXR6+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233036357
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6634624
Wiki­data ID
Q5680751
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Haswell Islands” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islles Haswell”
  • Cebuano: “Haswell Islands”
  • Chinese: “哈斯韋爾群島”
  • Dutch: “Haswell Islands”
  • Dutch: “Haswelleilanden”
  • French: “îles Haswell”
  • French: “Îles Haswell”
  • German: “Haswell-Inseln”
  • Hungarian: “Haswell szigetek”
  • Italian: “Isole Haswell”
  • Latvian: “Heisvela salas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Haswell Islands”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haswell Islands”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Haswella”
  • Spanish: “Islas Haswell”
  • Swedish: “Haswell Islands”
  • Turkish: “Haswell Adaları”

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