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Latest revision as of 22:34, 9 January 2024
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Papua Island is a small circular island lying four nautical miles west of Boreal Point, off the north coast of Joinville Island, of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
The name was applied by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition of 1953–54, because large numbers of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) were sighted on this island.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Papua Island
