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Torgersen Island is a small rocky island lying just east of Litchfield Island in the entrance to Arthur Harbour, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Torstein Torgersen, first mate of the Harbor in late February 1955, preceding the vessel Norsel in one of the ship's boats and making soundings.

Torgersen

Torgersen Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°46′S 64°5′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	0

Birds

The island formed part of the Northern Arthur Harbour Important Bird Area (IBA) number 013, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant seabird breeding colonies.[1] The Arthur Harbour IBA was delisted in 2015.[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

На других языках

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[de] Torgersen Island

Torgersen Island ist eine Felseninsel im westantarktischen Palmer-Archipel. Sie liegt östlich von Litchfield Island in der Einfahrt zum Arthur Harbour vor der Südwestküste der Anvers-Insel.

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- [en] Torgersen Island

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[es] Isla Torgersen

La isla Torgersen es una pequeña isla rocosa de la Antártida que está situada a 64°46′S 64°5′O al este de la isla Litchfield en la entrada al Puerto Arthur, en la costa sudoeste de la isla Anvers en el archipiélago Palmer, entre las puntas Bonaparte y Norsel.

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