Austin Island
| Austin Island | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 11 ′ S , 37 ° 36 ′ W | |
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Austin Island is an island in the South Georgia archipelago in the South Atlantic . It is the easternmost of the Samuel Islands and lies east of Garnet Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after the RFA Fort Austin of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary , which was deployed in April 1982 as a hospital ship in the Falklands War during the reconquest of South Georgia after the invasion by the armed forces of Argentina .
Web links
- Austin Island . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)