Chanticleer Island

Chanticleer Island

Chanticleer Island (63°43′S 61°48′W / 63.717°S 61.8°W / -63.717; -61.8) is a nearly snow-free island, 1 mile (1.6 km) long, lying off the northwest end of Hoseason Island in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after HMS Chanticleer (Captain Henry Foster), whose party made a landing in this vicinity on January 7, 1829.[1]

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  1. ^ "Chanticleer Island". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 385. http://www.scribd.com/doc/36721395/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981-djvu. Retrieved November 2, 2011.