Leopard Island

Leopard Island
Leopard Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 65°15′S 64°18′W / 65.250°S 64.300°W / -65.250; -64.300Coordinates: 65°15′S 64°18′W / 65.250°S 64.300°W / -65.250; -64.300
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Leopard Island is an island 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) west of the southwest end of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Leopard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

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


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