Heywood Island
Heywood Island is the largest of the islands off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after Captain Peter Heywood, RN, commanding HMS Nereus off the east coast of South America in 1810–13, formerly a midshipman in HMS Bounty under Captain William Bligh.- Island
- Description: island of Antarctica
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Heywood Island
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.31958° or 62° 19′ 11″ south
Longitude
-59.6936° or 59° 41′ 37″ west
Open location code
3892M8J4+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Heywood Island” goes by many names.
HummockCebuano
海伍德島Chinese
Heywood IslandDutch
ヘイウッド・アイランドJapanese
ヘイウッド島Japanese
Heywood IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Heywood Island, AntarktisSwedish
Hummock (ö)Swedish
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