Pythia Island

Pythia Island

Pythia Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°32′S 61°59′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Pythia Island is an island 0.37 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, the largest of a group of small islands off the east side of Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after Christen Christensen's whaling factory Pythia, which operated from nearby Gouvernoren Harbor during the 1921-22 whaling season.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Pythia Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.