Demon Island (South Shetland Islands)
Demon Island | ||
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Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Morton Strait (bottom left) and the Vardim Rocks , which include Demon Island | ||
Waters | Bransfield Street | |
Archipelago | Vardim Rocks ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
Geographical location | 62 ° 40 '26 " S , 61 ° 10' 55" W | |
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length | 420 m | |
width | 400 m |
Demon Island ( English for demon island ) is a 420 m long and 400 m wide island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the largest of the Vardim Rocks southwest of Devils Point , the southwestern extension of the Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2011 based on the name of the neighboring Devils Point.
Web links
- Demon Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)