Antarctica

Horseshoe Island

Horseshoe Island is an island 12 km long and 6 km wide occupying most of the entrance to , along the west coast of , . It was discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill who mapped the area by land and from the air in 1936–37.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Antarctic island
  • Also known as: “Horseshoe Island, Antarctica”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trifid Peak and Spincloud Heights.

Peak
is a peak at the head of in western Horseshoe Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958. The name is descriptive of this three-sided matterhorn-type peak. is situated 2½ km southeast of Horseshoe Island.

Peak
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is a heights bordering the north side of on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57, and so named because clouds of spindrift blowing off the heights give warning of approaching storms. is situated 2½ km east of Horseshoe Island.

Peak
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are Antarctic peaks just east of the mouth of on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. The name is descriptive; reddish-brown colour is visible on the feature most of the year, the slopes being too steep to retain snow cover for any length of time. is situated 3 km northeast of Horseshoe Island.

Horseshoe Island

Latitude
-67.83566° or 67° 50′ 8″ south
Longitude
-67.18863° or 67° 11′ 19″ west
Elevation
900 metres (2,953 feet)
Open location code
374J5R76+PG
Geo­Names ID
6635161
Wiki­data ID
Q3363057
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Satellite Map

Discover Horseshoe Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Horseshoe Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Chinese: “馬蹄島”
  • Dutch: “Horseshoe Island”
  • German: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Italian: “Isola Horseshoe”
  • Latvian: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Latvian: “Horsšū sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horseshoe Island i Antarktis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Norwegian: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Polish: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Ferradura”
  • Spanish: “Herradura, isla”
  • Spanish: “Isla Herradura”
  • Swedish: “Horseshoe Island, Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “Horseshoe Island”
  • Turkish: “Horseshoe Adası”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shoesmith Glacier and Gaul Cove.

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