Short Island
| Short Island | ||
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| Waters | Orléans Street | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 57 ′ S , 60 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Short Island is an island just off the Davis Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 4 km southwest of Cape Page on Orléans Street .
The island was first recorded on an Argentine map from 1952. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers , who in 1909 became the world's first commercial aircraft manufacturer thanks to an order from the Wright brothers .
Web links
- Short Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Short Island on geographic.org (English)