Heroína Island
  Heroína Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°24′S 54°36′W / 63.400°S 54.600°WCoordinates: 63°24′S 54°36′W / 63.400°S 54.600°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Heroína Island is a small island in Antarctica, marking the northeast end of the Danger Islands, east-southeast of Joinville Island. It was named by the , 1948–49, after the expedition ship Heroína, the name being approved by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1993.[1]
Geology[]
Heroina Island is composed of Mesozoic granodiorite, related to the great Mesozoic Andean subduction zone that extended from here to Central America. [2]
See also[]
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References[]
- ^ "Heroína Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ Joseph Holliday, Geology Professor, El Camino College
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