Honkala Island
Honkala Island is a rocky island, 1.4 kilometres long, at the southeast side of Burnett Island, in the Swain Islands of Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and observed by Wilkes Station personnel who conducted a 1957 survey of the Swain Islands under Carl R.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Honkala Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.22842° or 66° 13′ 42″ southLongitude
110.60338° or 110° 36′ 12″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
3P5GQJC3+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 233045930OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6635093Wikidata ID
Q3802755
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Honkala Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Honkala Island”
- Chinese: “洪卡拉島”
- Dutch: “Honkala Island”
- German: “Honkala Island”
- Italian: “isola Honkala”
- Italian: “Isola Honkala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Honkala Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Honkala”
- Swedish: “Honkala Island”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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