Herring Island
Herring Island is an Antarctic rocky island, 3.7 km long, lying 1.9 km east of Cloyd Island in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948.Herring Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.40611° or 66° 24′ 22″ south
Longitude
110.63333° or 110° 38′ east
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
3P5GHJVM+H8
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Herring Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Herring Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Herring Island”
- Chinese: “赫林島”
- Dutch: “Herring Island”
- Esperanto: “Haringinsulo”
- German: “Herring Island”
- Italian: “isola Herring”
- Italian: “Isola Herring”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herring Island”
- Swedish: “Herring Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Herring Island”
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