Kring Islands

The Kring Islands are a group of two islands and numerous rocks lying at the east side of along the coast of , Antarctica. They were mapped as a single island by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Kringla.
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Kring Islands

Latitude
-67.15889° or 67° 9′ 32″ south
Longitude
58.56833° or 58° 34′ 6″ east
Open location code
3H4WRHR9+C8
Geo­Names ID
6636375
Wiki­data ID
Q6437061
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kring Islands” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kring Islands
  • Chinese: 克林群島
  • Dutch: Kring Islands
  • German: Kringla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kring Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kringla i Antarktis
  • Swedish: Kring Islands
  • Swedish: Kringla, Antarktis

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