Howard Island (Palmer Archipelago)
| Howard 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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Howard Island is an island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . In the eastern section of the Joubin Islands , it is immediately south of Hartshorne Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1975 after Judson R. Howard (1923-1989), Maat on the RV Hero in the service of the National Science Foundation on their Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.
Web links
- Howard Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Howard Island on geographic.org (English)