Jupiter Island (Antarctica)

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Jupiter Island
Waters Mawson Lake
Geographical location 66 ° 8 ′  S , 101 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 8 ′  S , 101 ° 8 ′  E
Jupiter Island (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Jupiter Island (Antarctica)
Highest elevation 71  m

Jupiter Island ( English ; Russian Остров Юпитер Ostrow Jupiter , German 'Jupiterinsel' ) is an island off the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It's in the Bunger Hills .

Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it and named it in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated the name into English.

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