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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rogozen Island and Cornwall Island.
Rogozen Island
Islet
Rogozen Island is a conspicuous island off the northwest coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands situated 920 m north-northeast of Cornwall Island, 470 m south-southwest of Heywood Island, and 1.74 km northwest of Svetulka Island in the Onogur group.
Cornwall Island
Islet
Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area 15 hectares. Mónica Rock is lying 1.65 km west of the island and 3.4 km north of Passage Rock, 2.84 km east of Table Island and 2 km south of Potmess Rocks.
Heywood Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island of Antarctica
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.31958° or 62° 19′ 11″ southLongitude
-59.6936° or 59° 41′ 37″ westOpen location code
3892M8J4+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 223707022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Heywood Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hummock”
- Chinese: “海伍德島”
- Dutch: “Heywood Island”
- German: “Heywood Island”
- Japanese: “ヘイウッド・アイランド”
- Japanese: “ヘイウッド島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heywood Island”
- Spanish: “Colina, isla de la”
- Spanish: “Hummock, Isla”
- Spanish: “Isla Heywood”
- Swedish: “Heywood Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Hummock (ö)”
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