Heftye Island

Heftye Island is a small island which is the southernmost of the Possession Islands, lying east of the south end of Adare Peninsula, Antarctica. It was named by a Norwegian expedition of 1894–95, led by Henrik Johan Bull and Leonard Kristensen, for Messrs. Thos. Joh. Heftye & Søn of Christiania (now Oslo), shareholders in the expedition ship Antarctic.[1]

Heftye Island
Heftye Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates71°59′S 171°6′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References
  1. "Heftye Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-06.

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