Pyrox Island
| Pyrox Island | ||
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| Waters | Neny Fjord | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 13 ′ S , 66 ° 42 ′ W | |
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Pyrox Iceland (in Argentina Islote Dos Lomos , mutatis mutandis translated from Spanish island of two mountain ridges ) is an island off the Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies at the head of the Neny Fjord .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) made the first measurements. Further measurements and the naming took place in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . It is named after minerals from the pyroxene group found here . The name valid in Argentina dates back to 1957.
Web links
- Pyrox Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pyrox Island on geographic.org (English)