Antrim Island
| Antrim Island | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 23 ′ S , 36 ° 10 ′ W | |
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Antrim Island is a tussock- covered island in the archipelago of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is located directly in front of Cape Vakop , the southeastern boundary of the entrance to Hound Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after the HMS Antrim , a destroyer of the Royal Navy that was used in the Falklands War in April 1982 to retake South Georgia after the invasion by the armed forces of Argentina .
Web links
- Antim Island . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)