González Island

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González Island
Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
González Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
González Island
González Island
Location of González Island
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°29′S 59°40′W / 62.483°S 59.667°W / -62.483; -59.667Coordinates: 62°29′S 59°40′W / 62.483°S 59.667°W / -62.483; -59.667
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

González Island is a small island on the south side of the entrance to Iquique Cove, Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. On its west side the island is linked by a split to a smaller island, which is covered at high tide. The island was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947, and commanded by Capitan de Navio , who named it after , captain of the ship Iquique on the expedition.[1]

See also[]

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

Maps[]

  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References[]

  1. ^ "González Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-29.


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