Maranga Island
| Maranga Island | ||
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| Waters | French passage | |
| Archipelago | Anagram Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 11 ′ S , 64 ° 22 ′ W | |
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Maranga Island is an island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the westernmost of the group of Anagram Islands and lies on the south side of the French Passage .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after an anagram from "Anagram".
Web links
- Maranga Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Maranga Island on geographic.org (English)