Leopard Island

Leopard Island
Leopard Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 65°15′S 64°18′W / 65.250°S 64.300°W / -65.250; -64.300Coordinates: 65°15′S 64°18′W / 65.250°S 64.300°W / -65.250; -64.300
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Leopard Island is an island 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) west of the southwest end of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Leopard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

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