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.
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Bates Island

Latitude
-65.82098° or 65° 49′ 16″ south
Longitude
-65.63059° or 65° 37′ 50″ west
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
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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