Pintado Island
| Pintado Island | ||
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| Waters | Krok Fjord | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 40 ′ S , 77 ° 54 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 33.5 m | |
Pintado Island is a small, bluffed island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located 1 km southeast of Zolotov Island in the Krok Fjord in the Vestfold Mountains .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them in 1975 after the Cape petrel ( English pintado petrel ), which was represented here in 1974 with 115 breeding pairs.
Web links
- Pintado Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)