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Jona Island is an island off the western coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. It is one of the smaller of the Bennett Islands, lying in Hanusse Bay 6 kilometres (3 nmi) north of the eastern end of Weertman Island and near Adelaide Island. It is within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims.

Jona Island

Jona Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°55′S 67°42′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The island was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Franco P. Jona, an American (formerly Italian) physicist who in 1951 made an accurate determination of the elastic constant of a single ice crystal.[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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

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Jona Island ist eine kleine Insel vor der Westküste des antarktischen Grahamlands im Norden der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie ist eine der kleineren der Bennett-Inseln in der Hanusse-Bucht und liegt 5 km nördlich des östlichen Endes von Weertman Island.

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