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Long Island (Antarctica)

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Long Island (Antarctica)

Long Island (63°46′S 58°12′W) is an island 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, in a northeast–southwest direction, and 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) wide, lying opposite the mouth of Russell East Glacier and 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, in Prince Gustav Channel. It was discovered and named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945; the name is descriptive.

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