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Halfway Island (Palmer Archipelago)

Coordinates: 64°45′S 64°12′W / 64.750°S 64.200°W / -64.750; -64.200
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Halfway Island
Halfway Island is located in Antarctica
Halfway Island
Halfway Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°45′S 64°12′W / 64.750°S 64.200°W / -64.750; -64.200
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Halfway Island is an island lying 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) northwest of Litchfield Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956–1957. The name arose because the island lies halfway between Arthur Harbor and Cape Monaco, a route frequently traveled by boat by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) at the Arthur Harbor station.[1]

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Halfway Island (Palmer Archipelago)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.