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Wittmann Island

Coordinates: 65°44′S 65°49′W / 65.733°S 65.817°W / -65.733; -65.817
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Wittmann Island
Wittmann Island is located in Antarctica
Wittmann Island
Wittmann Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°44′S 65°49′W / 65.733°S 65.817°W / -65.733; -65.817
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Wittmann Island is an island lying 3.7 km (2 nmi) west-southwest of Nusser Island, off the east side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Walter I. Wittmann, an American oceanographer who has specialized in sea ice studies.

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