Henry Islands

The Henry Islands are a group of four small islands in the western part of , Antarctica. They were delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Wilkes Henry, a midshipman on the sloop Vincennes during the United States Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.
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Henry Islands

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Latitude
-66.88333° or 66° 53′ south
Longitude
120.63333° or 120° 38′ east
Open location code
3Q524J8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
6634806
Wiki­data ID
Q5723627

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Henry Islands” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Henry Islands (pulo sa Antarctica)”
  • Cebuano: “Henry Islands”
  • Chinese: “亨利群島”
  • Dutch: “Henry Islands”
  • German: “Henry-Inseln”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Henry Islands”
  • Swedish: “Henry Islands”

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