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Island in Antarctica

González Island
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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

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.

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References

  1. "González Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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

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