• Source: Janus Island
    • Janus Island is a rocky island 370 m (0.2 nmi) long, lying 1 km (0.5 nmi) south of Litchfield Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Janus Island is the southernmost of the islands on the west side of the entrance to Arthur Harbor. Janus Island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) following a survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. The name Janus Island, for the ancient Roman deity Janus who was guardian of gates, arose because of the position of the island at the entrance to Arthur Harbor.


      See also


      Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
      List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
      List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
      SCAR
      Territorial claims in Antarctica


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      This article incorporates public domain material from "Janus Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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