González Island
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| Waters | Iquique Cove | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 29 ′ S , 59 ° 40 ′ W | |
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González Island ( Spanish Isla González ) is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on the south side of the entrance to Iquique Cove , a side bay of Discovery Bay on Greenwich Island . It is connected to the even smaller neighboring island to the west by a headland that is flooded by high tide .
It was mapped and named during the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948). Name giver is Ernesto González Navarrete, the leader of this research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the designation made by the Chileans into English in 1974.
Web links
- González Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- González Island on geographic.org (English)