Geologists Island
| Geologists Island | ||
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| Waters | Hydrographers Cove | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 13 '11 " S , 58 ° 56' 36" W | |
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| length | 400 m | |
Geologists Iceland ( Russian Остров Геологов , German geologists Island ) is a 400 m long island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located in the entrance to Hydrographers Cove on the Fildes Peninsula from King George Island .
Soviet scientists named them in the course of surveys they carried out in 1968 from the Bellingshausen station . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1978.
Web links
- Geologists Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Geologists Island on geographic.org (English)