Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands)

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Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands) — minor subantarctic island, lying about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Geographical coordinates: 62°35′44 S°59′54.

Half Moon Island has a sizable rookery of chinstrap penguins as well as nesting Antarctic terns and kelp gulls. Whales are often seen patrolling the shores, and this small island offers stunning views of surrounding mountains.

[edit] See also

• South Shetland Islands
• Livingston Island
• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

[edit] Map

• L.L. Ivanov et al, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005

South Shetland Islands

Clarence Island • Deception Island • Elephant Island • Greenwich Island • King George Island • Livingston Island • Low Island • Nelson Island • Robert Island • Smith Island • Snow Island

Aitcho Islands • Bridgeman Island • Cornwallis Island • Desolation Island • Gibbs Island • Half Moon Island • Penguin Island • Rowett Island • Rugged Island • Seal Island