González Island

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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 spit 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 Federico Guesalaga Toro, who named it after Ernesto González Navarrete, captain of the ship Iquique on the expedition.[1]

González Island
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
González Island is located in Antarctica
González Island
González Island
González Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°29′S 59°40′W / 62.483°S 59.667°W / -62.483; -59.667
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also

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Maps

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  • 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

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  This article incorporates public domain material from "González Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.