Coordinates: 68°47′S 67°20′W / 68.783°S 67.333°W / -68.783; -67.333

Keyhole Island

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Keyhole Island
Keyhole Island is located in Antarctica
Keyhole Island
Keyhole Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates68°47′S 67°20′W / 68.783°S 67.333°W / -68.783; -67.333
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Keyhole Island is a small rocky island lying 9 kilometres (5 nmi) southeast of the Terra Firma Islands in the southwest part of Mikkelsen Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who applied this name because of the presence of an ice arch formed by the icecap on this island.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Keyhole Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Keyhole Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.