Miles Island

Miles Island is a rocky island six kilometres long, lying just north of in the , Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for R.A.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: Tumannyj ostrov

Miles Island

Latitude
-66.06333° or 66° 3′ 48″ south
Longitude
101.25833° or 101° 15′ 30″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
3P53W7P5+M8
Geo­Names ID
6638099
Wiki­data ID
Q6851425
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Miles Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Miles Island
  • Chinese: 邁爾斯島
  • Dutch: Miles Island
  • German: Miles Island
  • German: Miles-Insel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Miles Island
  • Swedish: Miles Island

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Miles Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.