Fanfare Island
| Fanfare Island | ||
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| Waters | Penola Strait | |
| Archipelago | Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 13 ′ S , 64 ° 11 ′ W | |
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Fanfare Iceland (of English fanfare , Fanfare ' ) is an island west of Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the northernmost of the Argentine islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the island in 1962 in connection with the naming of the Herald Reef, 2.5 km south .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 537 (English)
Web links
- Fanfare Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fanfare Island on geographic.org (English)