Carcass Island

Carcass Island is in the northwestern portion of the . It is a favourite of birders as it is one of the only islands in the country with no introduced rats, cats, or other predatory animals, so land-breeding birds have not been affected.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Falkland Islands
  • Also known as: “Isla Carcass”

Carcass Island

Latitude of center
-51.2812° or 51° 16′ 52″ south
Longitude of center
-60.5576° or 60° 33′ 28″ west
Elevation
541 feet (165 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8012385
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3832002
Wiki­data ID
Q1035608
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Satellite Map

Discover Carcass Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Carcass Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Carcass Island”
  • Chinese: “卡克斯島”
  • Dutch: “Carcass eiland”
  • Dutch: “Carcass Island”
  • Dutch: “Carcasseiland”
  • French: “Carcass Island”
  • French: “Île Carcass”
  • German: “Carcass Island”
  • Italian: “Carcass Island”
  • Japanese: “カーカス島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carcass Island”
  • Norwegian: “Carcass Island”
  • Russian: “Каркасс (Фолклендские острова)”
  • Russian: “Каркасс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Carcass”
  • Sicilian: “Isula dâ Carcassa”
  • Spanish: “Isla del rosario”
  • Spanish: “Isla del Rosario”
  • Swedish: “Carcass Island”
  • Urdu: “کارکاس آئی لینڈ”

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