Papua Island
| Papua Island | ||
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| Waters | Larsen Canal | |
| Archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 7 '44.4 " S , 55 ° 58' 13.4" W | |
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| length | 136 m | |
| width | 92 m | |
| surface | 1 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Papua Island ( Spanish Islote Papua , English Papua Iceland ) is an approximately one hectare large island in the group of the Joinville Island group off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Larsen Canal , it is a good 5 km west of Boreal Point and just under 2 km off the north coast of Joinville Island .
Participants in an Argentine Antarctic expedition carried out from 1953 to 1954 named it after the gentoo penguin ( Pygoscelis papua ), which populates the island in large numbers.
Web links
- Papua Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Papua Island on geographic.org (English)