Gándara Island
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  Gándara Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°19′S 57°56′W / 63.317°S 57.933°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Gándara Island is an island immediately southwest of Kopaitic Island in the Duroch Islands of Antarctica. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1959. It was presumably named for Comodoro Jorge Gándara, the leader of the 1954–55 Chilean Antarctic Expedition.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Gándara Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Gándara Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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