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Christine Island

Coordinates: 64°48′S 64°02′W / 64.800°S 64.033°W / -64.800; -64.033
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Christine Island
Christine Island is located in Antarctica
Christine Island
Christine Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°48′S 64°02′W / 64.800°S 64.033°W / -64.800; -64.033
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Length0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Christine Island is an island 0.9 km (0.5 nmi) long which lies 1.9 km (1 nmi) off the south coast of Anvers Island and 2.8 km (1.5 nmi) southeast of Bonaparte Point. The name of Christine Island was proposed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist Dietland Müller-Schwarze after his wife Christine Müller-Schwarze, who studied Adélie penguins with him on the island in 1971–1972.[1]

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