Isla Evandro
| Isla Evandro | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Pitt Islands , Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 24 ′ 24 ″ S , 65 ° 37 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| length | 900 m | |
The Isla Evandro (in Argentina Isla Zerabia ) is a 900 m long island of the Pitt Islands in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 3 miles north of the northwestern extension of Pickwick Island .
Chilean scientists named them after Evandro Valenzuela Guevara from the Fuerza Aérea de Chile , head of the teams on the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva on King George Island in 1971 and 1976. The background of the Argentinean name is not known.
Web links
- Evandro, Isla in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)