Howard Island (Antarctica)

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Howard Island is an island directly south of Hartshorne Island in eastern Joubin Islands, at the south-western end of the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for , mate in the RV Hero on her first voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.[1]

See also[]

  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References[]

  1. ^ "Howard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-03-14.

Coordinates: 64°47′S 64°23′W / 64.783°S 64.383°W / -64.783; -64.383


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