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Acuña Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
South Orkney Islands

Island group
  
South Orkney Islands

Acuña Island

Acuña Island, is a small island which lies 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) 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 William Speirs Bruce, who named it after Hugo A. Acuña, pioneer Argentine meteorologist at the South Orkney station during 1904.

Map of Acu%C3%B1a Island

References

Acuña Island Wikipedia