Anchorage Island
Anchorage Island is an island about 1 km long and 0.5 km wide, approximately 2 km north-west of Davis Station. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 53 metres
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Anchorage Island, Princess Elizabeth Land”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bluff Island and Krat Rocks.
Bluff Island
Islet
Bluff Island is an island lying 1 kilometre south of Magnetic Island and 4 kilometres west of the Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, in Prydz Bay, Antarctica.
Krat Rocks
Reef
The Krat Rocks are an area of submerged rocks with a least depth of about 1 metre, lying at the west side of Davis Anchorage, 0.8 nautical miles south of Bluff Island, off the Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Antarctica.
Trigwell Island
Peak
Trigwell Island is an island in Prydz Bay, lying immediately west of Flutter Island and 1 nautical mile west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.
Anchorage Island
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.5634° or 68° 33′ 48″ southLongitude
77.9321° or 77° 55′ 56″ eastElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
3J3VCWPJ+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 11358592196OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q489223
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Anchorage Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anchorage Island”
- Chinese: “安克里奇島”
- Dutch: “Anchorage Island, Antarctica”
- German: “Anchorage Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Anchorage Island”
- Swedish: “Anchorage Island, Östantarktis”
- Swedish: “Anchorage Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bluff Island and Davis Sea Ice Ski Landing Area.
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