Guano Island (Antarctica)

Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica

Guano Island

Guano Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location| Antarctica
Coordinates| 66°46′S 141°36′E﻿ / ﻿66.767°S 141.600°E﻿ / -66.767; 141.600
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Guano Island is a rocky island 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) south of Chameau Island at the southeast end of the Curzon Islands, Antarctica. It was charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition in 1951. The name derives from the considerable deposits of penguin guano there.[1]

## See also

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* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

## References

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1. ^ "Guano Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

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