Gándara Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°19′S 57°56′W / 63.317°S 57.933°WCoordinates: 63°19′S 57°56′W / 63.317°S 57.933°W |
| Country | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Gándara Island is an island immediately southwest of Kopaitic Island in the Duroch Islands of Antarctica. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1959. It was presumably named for Comodoro Jorge Gándara, the leader of the 1954–55 Chilean Antarctic Expedition.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Gándara Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
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