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Window Island
Island in Antarctica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Window Island is a small ice-free island off the north coast of Ray Promontory in the northwest of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island has a surface area of 23 hectares (57 acres)[1] and rises to 72 m (236 ft). It was known to the early 19th century sealers operating on Byers Peninsula.
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![]() Location of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
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Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°33′55.5″S 61°07′25.3″W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Area | 23 ha (57 acres)[1] |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
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The feature was charted and descriptively named by Captain George Powell in the British sealing vessel Dove which visited the South Shetlands in 1820–22.