Hélène Island
Hélène Island is a small rocky island 370 metres northwest of Ifo Island marking the west end of the Géologie Archipelago in Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and named by them for one of the expedition's dogs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Helene Island”, “Helene, Ile”, and “Hélène, Ile”
Hélène Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hélène Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hélène”
- Chinese: “埃萊娜島”
- Dutch: “Hélène Island”
- French: “île Hélène”
- French: “Île Hélène”
- German: “Hélène-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hélène Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île Hélène”
- Swedish: “Hélène”
- Swedish: “Île Hélène”
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