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Debutante Island

Coordinates: 69°34′S 75°30′E / 69.567°S 75.500°E / -69.567; 75.500
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Debutante Island
Debutante Island is located in Antarctica
Debutante Island
Debutante Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates69°34′S 75°30′E / 69.567°S 75.500°E / -69.567; 75.500
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Debutante Island is a narrow island located in the southernmost part of the Søstrene Islands. The island is mostly ice-covered except for a small rock outcrop and barely protrudes above the general level of the Publications Ice Shelf. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named "Debutante" in 1952 by John H. Roscoe because the island is just beginning to "come out" from under its ice cover.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Debutante Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-06.

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