Hoodwink Island

Hoodwink Island
Hoodwink Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°1′S 66°52′W / 67.017°S 66.867°W / -67.017; -66.867Coordinates: 67°1′S 66°52′W / 67.017°S 66.867°W / -67.017; -66.867
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Hoodwink Island is an island lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) east of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Lallemand Fjord, Graham Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1955–57, and was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the island hoodwinked FIDS geologists and surveyors who misinterpreted the island's geological composition and incorrectly identified a nearby survey station during a local triangulation.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hoodwink Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-25.

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