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Skua Island (Antarctica)

Skua Island is a roughly triangular island 0.7 nautical miles long, lying between Black Island to the southwest and Winter Island and Galindez Island to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago.

Location
near the east end The Argentine Islands are off the Graham Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. They are south of the French Passage, west of Mount Shackleton on the mainland, north of the Berthelot Islands and Grandidier Channel and east of the Betbeder Islands. ==Sailing directions==
Sailing directions
The US Defense Mapping Agency's Sailing Directions for Antarctica (1976) describes Skua Island and its surroundings as follows: ==Exploration and name==
Exploration and name
Skua Island was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill. ==Features==
Features
Features and nearby features include: Finger Point . Point which forms the southwest end of Skua Island. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. Shelter Islands . Group of small islands lying west of Winter Island. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. Winter Island . Island long, lying north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Winter Island was named by the BGLE, 1934-37, which made this island the site of its winter base during 1935. Skua Creek . Narrow channel between Skua Island and Winter Island. Charted and named Skua Inlet in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill, but in recent years the name Skua Creek has overtaken the earlier name in usage. Black Island Channel . Channel wide between Black Island and Skua Island. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. Runciman Rock . Rock marked by breakers, lying east of Black Island at the southeast approach to Black Island Channel. Charted in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill, who named it for Philip Runciman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Whites Southampton Yachtbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, where the ship Penola was refitted before sailing south in 1934. Leopard Island . Island long, lying west of the southwest end of Skua Island. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. Black Island . Island long, lying close southwest of Skua Island. Charted and named descriptively in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill. == References ==
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