Akin Island
Akin Island is a wide, rocky island 280 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 100 m lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is “named after Akin Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.”…Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fregata Island and Kondor Island.
Fregata Island
Islet
Fregata Island is the 480 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 230 m wide rocky island lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Fregata Island is situated 270 metres south of Akin Island.
Kondor Island
Islet
Kondor Island is the 320 m long in west–east direction and 140 m wide rocky island lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Kondor Island is situated 560 metres south of Akin Island.
Nancy Rock
Islet
Nancy Rock is a rock in the South Shetland Islands located 2 nautical miles west of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island. The rock was named in 1961 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the American sailing vessel Nancy, from Salem, Massachusetts, that visited the South Shetland Islands around 1820–22 while captained by Benjamin Upton, namesake of Upton Rock. Nancy Rock is situated 1¼ km north of Akin Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas and President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 8 km northeast of Akin Island.
Akin Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.22814° or 62° 13′ 41″ southLongitude
-59.09674° or 59° 5′ 48″ westOpen location code
3892QWC3+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 223701892OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q60766287
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Satellite Map
Discover Akin Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Akin Island” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Акин”
- Czech: “Ostrov Akin”
- French: “Île Akin”
- German: “Akin Island”
- German: “Akininsel”
- Spanish: “Isla Akin”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rotalia Island and Withem Island.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Transmitter and Gym. & Rest area.
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