Acuna Island

Acuna Island

Acuna Island (coord|60|46|S|44|37|W|) is a small island which lies 0.2 miles (0.3 km) south of Point Rae, off the south coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it after Hugo A. Acuna, pioneer Argentine meteorologist at the South Orkney station during 1904.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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