Geologists Island

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]

Geologists Island
Geologists Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°13′S 58°57′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References
  1. "Geologists Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-19.

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