Gándara Island
Gándara Island is an island immediately southwest of Kopaitic Island in the Duroch Islands of Antarctica. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1959. It was presumably named for Comodoro Jorge Gándara, the leader of the 1954–55 Chilean Antarctic Expedition.[1]
![]() ![]() Gándara Island Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 63°19′S 57°56′W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
See also
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
- "Gándara Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
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