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Heroína Island is a small island in Antarctica, marking the northeast end of the Danger Islands, east-southeast of Joinville Island. It was named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1948–49, after the expedition ship Heroína, the name being approved by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1993.[1]

Heroína Island

Heroína Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°24′S 54°36′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Geology

Heroina Island is composed of Mesozoic granodiorite, related to the great Mesozoic Andean subduction zone that extended from here to Central America.[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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

На других языках

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[de] Heroína-Insel

Die Heroína-Insel (in Argentinien Islote Heroína, in Chile Islote Ercilla) ist eine Insel vor der Nordspitze der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie bildet das nordöstliche Ende der Danger-Inseln ostsüdöstlich der Joinville-Insel.

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- [en] Heroína Island

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