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Hermit Island (Antarctic)

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Location
  
Antarctica

Max length
  
1.6 km

Population
  
Uninhabited

Island group
  
Palmer Archipelago

Hermit Island (Antarctic)

Hermit Island is an island nearly 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long, lying 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) southeast of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because a member of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) at the Arthur Harbor station spent some time on this island alone in January 1957, making survey observations.

Map of Hermit Island, Antarctica

References

Hermit Island (Antarctic) Wikipedia