Mikhail Gorbachev

Apollo Island

Apollo Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	70°15′S 1°55′W / 70.250°S 1.917°W / -70.250; -1.917
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Apollo Island is a small ice-covered island about 33 kilometres (18 nmi) east-northeast of Blåskimen Island in the northwest part of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Queen Maud Land. The island is 19 kilometres (10 nmi) east-northeast of the site of the first three South African SANAE stations. The name Apollo appears to be first used on a South African map of 1969.^[1]

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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