Alectoria Island
Location of Trinity Peninsula
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 Alectoria Island
Location in Antarctica
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°59′S 58°37′W / 63.983°S 58.617°WCoordinates: 63°59′S 58°37′W / 63.983°S 58.617°W |
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| Population | Uninhabited |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Alectoria Island is a low, nearly ice-free island less than 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long. It lies in Prince Gustav Channel, about 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) off the terminus of Aitkenhead Glacier, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. It was surveyed in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who named it after the lichen Alectoria which was predominant on the island at the time.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Alectoria Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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