Warriner Island

Warriner Island (68°37′S 77°54′E / 68.617°S 77.900°E / -68.617; 77.900Coordinates: 68°37′S 77°54′E / 68.617°S 77.900°E / -68.617; 77.900) is a small island lying just off the west end of Breidnes Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills, off the coast of East Antarctica. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition of 1936-1937, it was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A. Warriner, the radio officer at Davis Station in 1961.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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