Howard Island (Antarctica)

Howard Island is an island directly south of Hartshorne Island in eastern Joubin Islands, at the south-western end of the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Judson R. Howard, mate in the RV Hero on her first voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.[1]

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Howard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-03-14.


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