Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands)
- Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands)
Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands) — minor subantarctic island, lying about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula. coord|62|35|44|S|59|54|12|W|display=title.
Half Moon Island has a sizable rookery of chinstrap penguins as well as nesting Antarctic terns and kelp gulls. Whales are often seen patrolling the shores, and this small island offers stunning views of surrounding mountains.
See also
* Livingston Island
* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
Map
* L.L. Ivanov et al, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
] (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
External links
* [http://www.pgoimages.com/gallery.php?gall=g_antarctica_halfmoon Images from Half Moon Island]
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