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Howard Island (Antarctica)

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Howard Island
Howard Island is located in Antarctica
Howard Island
Howard Island
EtymologyJudson R. Howard, mate in the RV Hero
Geography
Coordinates64°47′S 64°23′W / 64.783°S 64.383°W / -64.783; -64.383
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago

Howard Island is an island directly south of Hartshorne Island in eastern Joubin Islands, at the south-western end of the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Judson R. Howard, mate in the RV Hero on her first voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.[1]

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  1. ^ "Howard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 14 March 2013.