Pythia Island Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°32′S 61°59′W / 64.533°S 61.983°W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Pythia Island is an island 0.37 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, the largest of a group of small islands off the east side of Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after Christen Christensen's whaling factory Pythia, which operated from nearby Gouvernoren Harbor during the 1921-22 whaling season.
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