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Andersson Island

Andersson Island

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Andersson Island is a 7 mi (11 km) long and 4 mi (6.4 km) wide volcanic island of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group, located at the eastern end of the Tabarin Peninsula, Antarctica.[1]

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The island was originally named Uruguay Island by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjöld, after the Argentine ship Uruguay which participated in the rescue of the ship-wrecked Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903.[2] It was ultimately renamed Andersson Island on November 21, 1949. It was named after Dr. Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874-1960), a Swedish geologist who had served on the Swedish Antarctic Expedition. The renaming was necessary to avoid confusion with Uruguay Island, located off the Graham Coast.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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    Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Andersson Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.  Edit this at Wikidata
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