Pythia Island

Pythia Island is an island 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, the largest of a group of small islands off the east side of Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after Christen Christensen's whaling factory Pythia, which operated from nearby Gouvernoren Harbor during the 1921-22 whaling season.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pythia Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 64°32′S 61°59′W / 64.533°S 61.983°W / -64.533; -61.983

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