Heroína Island
| Heroína Island | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Danger Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 24 ′ S , 54 ° 36 ′ W | |
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The Heroína Island (in Argentina Islote Heroína , in Chile Islote Ercilla ) is an island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the northeast end of the Danger Islands east-southeast of Joinville Island .
Scientists on an Argentine Antarctic expedition lasting from 1948 to 1949 named her after the Heroína , the ship on this expedition. The namesake of the Chilean name is the Spanish writer Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533–1594).
Web links
- Heroína Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heroína Island on geographic.org (English)