Horseshoe Island
Horseshoe Island is an island 12 km long and 6 km wide occupying most of the entrance to Square Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. 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.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 900 metres (2,950 feet)
- …is also known as “Horseshoe Island, Antarctica”
- Description: Antarctic island
Places of Interest
Discover Trifid Peak and Spincloud Heights.
Trifid Peak
Peak
Trifid Peak is a peak at the head of Shoesmith Glacier in western Horseshoe Island.
2½ km southeast of Horseshoe Island
Spincloud Heights
Spincloud Heights is a heights bordering the north side of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island.
2½ km east of Horseshoe Island
Russet Pikes
Russet Pikes are Antarctic peaks just east of the mouth of Gaul Cove on Horseshoe Island.
3 km northeast of Horseshoe Island
Horseshoe Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.83566° or 67° 50′ 8″ south
Longitude
-67.18863° or 67° 11′ 19″ west
Open location code
374J5R76+PG
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Horseshoe Island” goes by many names.
Horseshoe IslandCebuano
馬蹄島Chinese
Horseshoe IslandDutch
Isola HorseshoeItalian
Horseshoe IslandLatvian
Horsšū salaLatvian
Horseshoe IslandNorwegian
Horseshoe IslandNorwegian Bokmål
Horseshoe IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Horseshoe Island i AntarktisNorwegian Nynorsk
Horseshoe IslandPolish
ХорсшуRussian
Хорсшу (остров)Russian
Horseshoe IslandSwedish
Horseshoe Island, AntarktisSwedish
Horseshoe AdasıTurkish
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