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Honkala Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Length
  
1.4 km (0.87 mi)

Island group
  
Windmill Islands

Honkala Island

Honkala Island is a rocky island, 1.4 kilometres (0.75 nmi) long, at the southeast side of Burnett Island, in the Swain Islands of Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and observed by Wilkes Station personnel who conducted a 1957 survey of the Swain Islands under Carl R. Eklund. It was named by Eklund for Rudolf A. Honkala, chief meteorologist with the United States International Geophysical Year wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.

Map of Honkala Island, Antarctica

References

Honkala Island Wikipedia