Cave Island (South Shetland Islands)
| Cave Island | ||
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 27 ′ S , 60 ° 4 ′ W | |
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Cave Island (from English cave 'cave' ) is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the second largest of the Meade Islands and is located in the northern entrance to McFarlane Strait between Livingston Island and Greenwich Island .
A special and eponymous feature of this island is a large cave on the south coast. The name was given by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in the course of surveys in 1935.
Web links
- Cave Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cave Island on geographic.org (English)