Emperor Island
Not to be confused with Empereur Island.
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°52′S 68°43′W / 67.867°S 68.717°WCoordinates: 67°52′S 68°43′W / 67.867°S 68.717°W |
| Country | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Emperor Island is a small island in Marguerite Bay, lying close northeast of the Courtier Islands in the Dion Islands. The islands in this group were discovered and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition. This island was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because a low rock and shingle isthmus at the southeast end of the island is the winter breeding site of emperor penguins.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Emperor Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
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