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.- Islet
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- Description: island in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.22842° or 66° 13′ 42″ south
Longitude
110.60338° or 110° 36′ 12″ east
Open location code
3P5GQJC3+J9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Honkala Island” goes by many names.
Honkala IslandCebuano
洪卡拉島Chinese
Honkala IslandDutch
Isola HonkalaItalian
Honkala IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Honkala IslandSwedish
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