Mazzeo Island
| Mazzeo Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 9 ′ S , 64 ° 59 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Mazzeo Island is an island off the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 800 m west-northwest of the Quintana Island in the south-western part of the Wilhelm Archipelago .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after Lieutenant Peter Mazzeo (* 1946), second surveying officer on the research vessel HMS Endurance , which was underway in February 1969 for survey work in the waters around this island.
Web links
- Mazzeo Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mazzeo Island on geographic.org (English)