Hermit Island (Antarctic)
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Not to be confused with Hermite Islands.
For Hermite Island in Australia, see Montebello Islands.
For other uses, see Hermit Island (disambiguation).
Hermit Island is an island nearly 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long, lying 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) southeast of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because a member of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) at the Arthur Harbor station spent some time on this island alone in January 1957, making survey observations.[1]
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°48′S 64°02′W |
Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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