Inexpressible Island
Inexpressible Island is a small, rocky island in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Previously uninhabited, the Chinese Qinling research station on the southern edge of the island became operational in 2024.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qinling and Hells Gate.
Qinling
Hamlet
Qinling Station is an Antarctic research station operated by the Polar Research Institute of China. It is situated on the southern edge of Inexpressible Island in Terra Nova Bay, Scott Coast, Victoria Land, on the Ross Sea coast of East Antarctica. Qinling is situated 4½ km southeast of Inexpressible Island.
Hells Gate
Locality
Northern Foothills is a line of coastal hills on the west side of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica, lying southward of Browning Pass and forming a peninsular continuation of the Deep Freeze Range. Hells Gate is situated 7 km northeast of Inexpressible Island.
Inexpressible Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Inexpressible Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Inexpressible Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “İnekspressibl”
- Cebuano: “Inexpressible Island”
- Chinese: “難以形容島”
- Chinese: “難言島”
- Dutch: “Inexpressible Island”
- Finnish: “Inexpressible Island”
- French: “île Inexpressible”
- French: “Île Inexpressible”
- German: “Inexpressible Island”
- Hebrew: “האי שלא יתואר”
- Italian: “isola Inexpressible”
- Italian: “Isola Inexpressible”
- Japanese: “イネクスプレシブル島”
- Latvian: “Inekspresiblas sala”
- Literary Chinese: “難言島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Inexpressible Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inexpressible Island”
- Norwegian: “Inexpressible Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Inexpressível”
- Russian: “Инэкспрессибл”
- Slovenian: “Inexpressible Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Inexpresable”
- Spanish: “Isla Inexpressible”
- Swedish: “Inexpressible Island”
- Yue Chinese: “難言島”
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