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Heroína Island

Heroína Island

Island in Antarctica

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]

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Geology

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

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References

  1. [1]
    "Heroína Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  2. [2]
    Joseph Holliday, Geology Professor, El Camino College

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Heroína Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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