Hartshorne Island
| Hartshorne Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Joubin Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 47 ′ S , 64 ° 22 ′ W | |
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Hartshorne Island is an island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . In the eastern section of the Joubin Islands , it lies between Dakers Island and Howard Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1975 after Sidney G. Hartshorne (1911-1993), captain of the RV Hero in the service of the National Science Foundation on her Antarctic voyage to Palmer station in 1968.
Web links
- Hartshorne Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hartshorne Island on geographic.org (English)