Leopard Island

Leopard Island is an island 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) west of the southwest end of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill.[1]

Leopard Island
Leopard Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°15′S 64°18′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Leopard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

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