Atriceps island

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Atriceps island
Map of the South Orkney Islands with Atriceps Island (right of center, bottom)
Map of the South Orkney Islands with Atriceps Island (right of center, bottom)
Waters Weddell Sea
Archipelago Robertson Islands , South Orkney Islands
Geographical location 60 ° 47 ′  S , 45 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 47 ′  S , 45 ° 9 ′  W
Atriceps Island (Antarctica)
Atriceps island

The atriceps Island is an island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is the southernmost in the Robertson Islands group and is 5 km south of the southeast end of Coronation Island .

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a survey between 1948 and 1949 and named it after the blue-eyed shag ( Phalacrocorax atriceps ), whose breeding area the island belongs to.

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