Woogie Island

Woogie Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°49′25″S 63°29′55″W / 64.82361°S 63.49861°W / -64.82361; -63.49861Coordinates: 64°49′25″S 63°29′55″W / 64.82361°S 63.49861°W / -64.82361; -63.49861
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Woogie Island is a small low-lying island in the entrance to Port Lockroy, about 330 meters northwest of Goudier Island, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago. It was roughly charted by Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1904, and surveyed and originally named by Operation Tabarin in 1944.

References

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


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