Heroína Island

Heroína Island
Heroína Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°24′S 54°36′W / 63.400°S 54.600°W / -63.400; -54.600Coordinates: 63°24′S 54°36′W / 63.400°S 54.600°W / -63.400; -54.600
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Heroína Island is a small island in Antarctica, marking the northeast end of the Danger Islands, east-southeast of Joinville Island. It was named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1948–49, after the expedition ship Heroína, the name being approved by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1993.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Heroína Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

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