Antarctica

Kroshka Island

Kroshka Island is the smaller of two ice-covered islands lying close together in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, along the coast of , Antarctica. The feature was first mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named "Kupol Kroshka", which means "crumb dome" in Russian.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Kroshka, cupol”

Kroshka Island

Latitude
-70.62771° or 70° 37′ 40″ south
Longitude
2.055° or 2° 3′ 18″ east
Open location code
2FX493C3+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228689352
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6636396
Wiki­data ID
Q6439024
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Satellite Map

Discover Kroshka Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kroshka Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kroshka”
  • Chinese: “克羅什卡島”
  • Dutch: “Kroshka Island”
  • German: “Kroshka Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kroshka Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kupol Kroška”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Smuledomen”
  • Norwegian: “Smuledomen”
  • Swedish: “Krosjka”
  • Swedish: “Smuledomen”

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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 “Kroshka Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.