Christine Island
| Christine Island | ||
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| Waters | Bismarck Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 1 ′ W | |
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Christine Island is an 800 m long island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 1.5 km off the south coast of Anvers Island and 2.5 km southeast of Bonaparte Point .
The island got its name from Dieter Müller-Schwarze, biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program , who named it after his wife Christine. Together with him, she carried out studies from 1971 to 1972 on the Adelie penguins that live on the island .
Web links
- Christine Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Christine Island on geographic.org (English)