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.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 metres (66 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tumannyj ostrov”
  • Description: island in Antarctica

Miles Island

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Latitude
-66.06333° or 66° 3′ 48″ south
Longitude
101.25833° or 101° 15′ 30″ east
Open location code
3P53W7P5+M8
Geo­Names ID
6638099
Wiki­data ID
Q6851425

Satellite Map

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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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