Breakwater Island (64°47′S 63°13′W / 64.783°S 63.217°W / -64.783; -63.217) is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago with a line of rocks extending in a southwest arc from it, lying opposite Nipple Peak, 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) off the east side of Wiencke Island. The descriptive name, suggestive of an artificial breakwater, was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1944.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Breakwater Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 August 2011.

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