Maranga Island

Maranga Island
Maranga Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 65°12′S 64°22′W / 65.200°S 64.367°W / -65.200; -64.367Coordinates: 65°12′S 64°22′W / 65.200°S 64.367°W / -65.200; -64.367
Archipelago Wilhelm Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Maranga Island is the westernmost of the Anagram Islands, lying on the south side of French Passage in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 in association with the Anagram Islands, "maranga" being an anagram of "Anagram".[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Maranga Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-05.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Maranga Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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