Turner Island
Turner Island is an island in the Donskiye Islands group lying 0.9 km north-west of Bluff Island and 4.6 km west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, in Prydz Bay, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Barratt Island and Bluff Island.
Barratt Island
Islet
Barratt Island is a small island lying off the Vestfold Hills, about 2 kilometres west of Bluff Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for N.R.
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.
Oldroyd Island
Islet
Oldroyd Island is a small island 0.4 kilometres northwest of Magnetic Island, lying off the Vestfold Hills in the east part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.
Turner Island
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 44 metres
- Description: island of Antarctica
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.548° or 68° 32′ 53″ southLongitude
77.891° or 77° 53′ 28″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
3J3VFV2R+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 11387704033OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q7855942
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Turner Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Turner Island”
- Chinese: “特納島”
- Dutch: “Turner Island”
- German: “Turner Island”
- German: “Turner-Insel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turner Island”
- Swedish: “Turner Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Turner Island”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Turner Island and Magnetic Island.
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