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Horvath Island

Coordinates: 66°19′S 67°8′W / 66.317°S 67.133°W / -66.317; -67.133
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Horvath Island
Horvath Island is located in Antarctica
Horvath Island
Horvath Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°19′S 67°8′W / 66.317°S 67.133°W / -66.317; -67.133
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Horvath Island is a small island close north of Watkins Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Stephen M. Horvath, an American physiologist who has specialized in the peripheral circulation of man in climatic extremes.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Horvath Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

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