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Island of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Greenwich Island
(variant historical names
Sartorius Island
,
Berezina Island
) is an island 24 km (15 mi) long and from 0.80 to 9.66 km (0.5 to 6 mi) (average 5.23 km or 3.25 mi) wide, lying between
Robert Island
and
Livingston Island
in the
South Shetland Islands
,
Antarctica
.The island's surface area is 142.7 square kilometres (55.1 sq mi).
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The name Greenwich Island dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage.
The
Chilean
base
Arturo Prat
and the
Ecuadorian
base
Pedro Vicente Maldonado
are situated on the northeast and north coast of the island, respectively.
Chilean scientists have claimed that
Amerinds
visited the area, due to stone artifacts recovered from bottom-sampling operations off the island;
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however, the artefacts ? two arrowheads ? were later found to have been planted.
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