Confusion Island (60°44′S45°38′W / 60.733°S 45.633°W / -60.733; -45.633) is an island 0.2 miles (0.3 km) long at the west side of the entrance to Clowes Bay, off the south side of Signy Island. The southern point of this island was charted and named Confusion Point by Discovery Investigations personnel on the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee altered the name in 1974, extending the application to the whole island.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Confusion Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
