Jigsaw Islands
The Jigsaw Islands are two small islands lying off the southwest end of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. One of the islands was used as a main triangulation station by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956–57, and by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in March 1957.- Island
- Description: Two islands in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dayné Peak and Yelcho Base.
Dayné Peak
Peak
Dayné Peak is a distinctive pyramidal peak, 730 metres…
Yelcho Base
Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. Yelcho Base is situated 3½ km north of Jigsaw Islands.
Jigsaw Islands
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.90827° or 64° 54′ 30″ south
Longitude
-63.60497° or 63° 36′ 18″ west
Open location code
377R39RW+M2
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jigsaw Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jigsaw Islands”
- Chinese: “吉格索群島”
- Dutch: “Jigsaw Islands”
- German: “Jigsaw Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jigsaw Islands”
- Swedish: “Jigsaw Islands”
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