Harry Island

Harry Island
Harry Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°8′S 61°59′W / 64.133°S 61.983°W / -64.133; -61.983Coordinates: 64°8′S 61°59′W / 64.133°S 61.983°W / -64.133; -61.983
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Harry Island is an icecapped island dominated by a truncated pyramidal peak, lying at the southeast entrance to the channel between Brabant Island and Liège Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and named for a supporter of the expedition.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

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