Inaccessible Island
Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include West Peak and Island Lake.
West Peak
Peak
There are 21 mountain peaks named West Peak in the United States according to the US Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System.
Island Lake
Lake
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
Windvane Hill
Peak
Photo: Sandwichgirl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include World Park Base and Pakaru Icefalls.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base.
Pakaru Icefalls
Locality
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. Pakaru Icefalls is situated 9 km east of Inaccessible Island.
Inaccessible Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.65895° or 77° 39′ 32″ southLongitude
166.36496° or 166° 21′ 54″ eastElevation
159 metres (522 feet)Open location code
2VJ889R7+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 176754450OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
6635417Wikidata ID
Q1660884
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Inaccessible Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Inaccessible Island”
- Chinese: “難達島”
- Dutch: “Inaccessible Island”
- French: “Île Inaccessible (archipel de Ross)”
- French: “île Inaccessible”
- French: “Île Inaccessible”
- German: “Inaccessible Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inaccessible Island i Dellbridge Islands”
- Spanish: “Isla Inaccesible (Dellbridge)”
- Spanish: “Isla Inaccesible”
- Spanish: “Isla Inaccessible (Dellbridge)”
- Swedish: “Inaccessible Island, Östantarktis”
- Swedish: “Inaccessible Island”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Peak and West Beach.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Inaccessible Island”. Photo: Ketiltrout, CC BY-SA 4.0.