Chanticleer Island (63°43′S 61°48′W / 63.717°S 61.800°W / -63.717; -61.800) is a nearly snow-free island, 1 nautical mile (2 km) long, lying off the north-west end of Hoseason Island in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after HMS Chanticleer (Captain Henry Foster), whose party made a landing in this vicinity on January 7, 1829.[1][2]

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  1. ↑ "Chanticleer Island". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 385. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Chanticleer Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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