Shortcut Island
| Shortcut Island | ||
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| Waters | Bismarck Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 2 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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| length | 600 m | |
Shortcut Island (from English shortcut 'abbreviation' ) is a 600 m long and crescent-shaped island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.1 km southeast of Gamage Point and Palmer Station off the southwest coast of Anvers Island . Its north bank is characterized by three distinctive bays .
The island got its name after the narrow channel separating it from Anvers Island , which is a shortcut from Palmer Station to the Biscoe Bay area.
Web links
- Shortcut Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shortcut Island on geographic.org (English)