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Benten Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Benten Island

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Benten Island is a small island lying 9 kilometres (5 nmi) west of Ongulkalven Island in the eastern part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. It was mapped from surveys and from air photos by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957–62, and named "Benten-shima" ("goddess of fortune island").

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Benten Island Wikipedia