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Heftye Island is a small island which is the southernmost of the Possession Islands, lying east of the south end of Adare Peninsula, Antarctica. It was named by a Norwegian expedition of 1894–95, led by Henrik Johan Bull and Leonard Kristensen, for Messrs. Thos. Joh. Heftye & Søn of Christiania (now Oslo), shareholders in the expedition ship Antarctic.[1]

Heftye Island

Heftye Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	71°59′S 171°6′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Heftye Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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[de] Heftye Island

Heftye Island (norwegisch Heftyeøya) ist eine kleine Insel im Rossmeer vor der Borchgrevink-Küste des ostantarktischen Viktorialands. Sie ist die südlichste Insel in der Gruppe der Possession Islands südöstlich der Adare-Halbinsel.

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- [en] Heftye Island

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