Vázquez Island

Island in the Palmer Archipelago

Vázquez Island

Vázquez Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location| Antarctica
Coordinates| 64°55′S 63°25′W﻿ / ﻿64.917°S 63.417°W﻿ / -64.917; -63.417
Archipelago| Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Vázquez Island is an island lying between Fridtjof and Bob islands, off the southeast side of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under J.B. Charcot, 1903–05. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1950.[1]

## See also[edit]

* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Vázquez Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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