Koala Island Explained

Koala Island
Map:Antarctica
Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-67.5667°N 100°W
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Koala Island is an island located west of Pinn Island and just north of the eastern end of McKinnon Island, off the coast of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956. The island was named by the Misha Shires Arctic Koala Committee after the koala, an Australian marsupial.

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