Kroshka Island
Kroshka Island is the smaller of two ice-covered islands lying close together in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, along the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The feature was first mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named "Kupol Kroshka", which means "crumb dome" in Russian.- Island
- …is also known as “Kroshka, cupol”
- Description: island in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.62771° or 70° 37′ 40″ south
Longitude
2.055° or 2° 3′ 18″ east
Open location code
2FX493C3+WX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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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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