Hervé Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -66.4031°N -67.1669°W |
Archipelago: | Biscoe Islands |
Area Ha: | 14.16 |
Length M: | 900 |
Width M: | 290 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Hervé Island (bg|остров Ерве|ostrov Hervé, pronounced as /bg/) is the mostly ice-covered rocky island in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands in Antarctica 900 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 290 m wide. Its surface area is 14.16 ha.
The feature is named after the Chilean geologist Francisco Hervé Allamand, for his contribution to Antarctic geology and the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.
Hervé Island is centred at -66.4031°N -67.1669°W,[1] which is 260 m south of Kuno Point on Watkins Island, 1.53 km northwest of St. Brigid Island and 1.1 km southeast of Belding Island.