Astor Island

Astor Island

Astor Island (coord|62|39|S|61|11|W|) is an island lying between Rugged Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for B. Astor of the New York Lyceum of Natural History (now American Museum of Natural History).

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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