Chanticleer Island
| Chanticleer Island | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 44 ′ S , 61 ° 47 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Chanticleer Island is an approximately 1.5 km long and almost ice-free island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located off the northwest end of Hoseason Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the island in 1960 after the HMS Chanticleer with which Henry Foster operated on January 7, 1829 in the waters around the island.
Web links
- Chanticleer Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chanticleer Island on geographic.org (English)