Key facts
- Location
- Antarctica
- Archipelago
- Joinville Island group
- Area
- 1,607 km (620 sq mi)
- Length
- 74 km (46 mi)
- Width
- 22 km (13.7 mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Joinville Island group
- Named after
- François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 1607
- Body of water
- Southern Ocean
- Highest point
- Mount Tholus
- Image
- Madder Cliffs, Joinville Island.jpg
- Width
- 22
- Length
- 74
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- Svensk uppslagsbok
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- Joinville Island
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Encyclopedic overview
Joinville Island (63°15′S 55°45′W / 63.250°S 55.750°W / -63.250; -55.750 (Joinville Island)) is the largest island of the Joinville Island group, about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long in an east–west direction and 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) wide, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Antarctic Sound.
Location
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joinville Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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