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Geologists Island

Coordinates: 62°13′11″S 58°56′36″W / 62.21969°S 58.94325°W / -62.21969; -58.94325
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Geologists Island
Geologists Island is located in Antarctica
Geologists Island
Geologists Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°13′11″S 58°56′36″W / 62.21969°S 58.94325°W / -62.21969; -58.94325
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Geologists Island is an island, 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) long, lying south of Ardley Island in the entrance of Hydrographers Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The approved name is a translation of the Russian "Ostrov Geologov" (geologists' island), applied in 1968 following Soviet Antarctic Expedition surveys from Bellingshausen Station.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Geologists Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Geologists Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.