Kopaitic Island
| Kopaitic Island | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | Duroch Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 19 ′ S , 57 ° 55 ′ W | |
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The Kopaitic Island ( Spanish Isla Kopaitic ) is an island off the west coast of the Trinity Peninsula at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 500 m west of Cape Legoupil in the group of Duroch Islands .
Participants of the Second Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947-1948) named them after Lieutenant Boris Kopaitic O'Neill, who led the team on Greenwich Island ( South Shetland Islands ) on this research trip in 1947 .
Web links
- Kopaitic Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kopaitic Island on geographic.org (English)