Cave Island

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Cave Island
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Meade Islands (in the background, Cave Island is on the right) from Miziya Peak, Livingston Island
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Cave Island
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Cave Island
Cave Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°26′55″S60°3′40″W / 62.44861°S 60.06111°W / -62.44861; -60.06111
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
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Location of McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Cave Island is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. It is separated from neighbouring Zverino Island to the west-southwest by the 110 m wide Glogovo Passage.

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The name Cave Rock appears to have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the feature in 1935.

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