Astor Island

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Astor Island (62°39′S, 61°11′W) is an island lying between Rugged Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for B. Astor of the New York Lyceum of Natural History (now American Museum of Natural History).

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