Howard Island
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Howard Island | |
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Location: | 64°47’15"S, 64°21’55"W |
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Howard Island is a small island, one of more easterly of the Joubin Islands, off the south-west point of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.
Following the work of United States Antarctic Research Program personnel from "Palmer Station" from 1965, this island was named after Judson R. Howard, mate in US RV Hero, which visited the station on her first Antarctic voyage in 1968.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Howard Island