Poryadin Island

Poryadin Island (66°32′S 92°59′E / 66.533°S 92.983°E / -66.533; 92.983Coordinates: 66°32′S 92°59′E / 66.533°S 92.983°E / -66.533; 92.983) is an island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Haswell Island in the Haswell Islands. Discovered and mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911-1914. Remapped by the Soviet expedition of 1956, and named for Ya. Poryadin, navigator of the ship Vostok with the Bellingshausen expedition 1819-21.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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