Bates Island

Bates Island is a narrow island 5 km long lying east of Jurva Point, , in the Biscoe Islands of . It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Charles C.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 116 metres (381 feet)
  • Description: island of Antarctica

Bates Island

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Latitude
-65.82098° or 65° 49′ 16″ south
Longitude
-65.63059° or 65° 37′ 50″ west
Open location code
376P59H9+JQ
Geo­Names ID
6638502
Wiki­data ID
Q4868807

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bates Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bates (pulo sa Antarctica)”
  • Cebuano: “Bates”
  • Chinese: “貝茨島”
  • Dutch: “Bates Island”
  • German: “Bates Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Bates”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bates Island”
  • Spanish: “Bates, isla”
  • Spanish: “Videla, Isla”
  • Swedish: “Bates Island”
  • Swedish: “Bates”

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