Horvath Island

Horvath Island
Horvath Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°19′S 67°8′W / 66.317°S 67.133°W / -66.317; -67.133Coordinates: 66°19′S 67°8′W / 66.317°S 67.133°W / -66.317; -67.133
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Horvath Island is a small island close north of Watkins Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Stephen M. Horvath, an American physiologist who has specialized in the peripheral circulation of man in climatic extremes.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Horvath Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-27.

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