Long Island (Antarctica)

View of James Ross Island from Long Island

Long Island (63°46′S 58°12′W / 63.767°S 58.200°W / -63.767; -58.200Coordinates: 63°46′S 58°12′W / 63.767°S 58.200°W / -63.767; -58.200) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, in a northeast–southwest direction, and 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) wide, lying opposite the mouth of Russell East Glacier and 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, in Prince Gustav Channel. It was discovered and named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945; the name is descriptive.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Long Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-30.

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