Halfway Island (Palmer Archipelago)

Halfway Island

Halfway Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°45′S 64°12′W / 64.750°S 64.200°W / -64.750; -64.200Coordinates: 64°45′S 64°12′W / 64.750°S 64.200°W / -64.750; -64.200
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Halfway Island is an island lying 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) northwest of Litchfield Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was surveyed by the in 1956–1957. The name arose because the island lies halfway between Arthur Harbor and Cape Monaco, a route frequently traveled by boat by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) at the Arthur Harbor station.

See also[]

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Halfway Island (Palmer Archipelago)". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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