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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
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The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a
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British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island.
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on the south, and is situated 815m south-southwest of
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Shut Island is located in Antarctica
Shut Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
65°03′00″S 64°10′00″W / 65.05000°S 64.16667°W / -65.05000; -64.16667
Wilhelm Archipelago
Antarctic Treaty System
Bulgarian
romanized
[ˈɔstrofˈʃut]
Dannebrog Islands
Wilhelm Archipelago
Antarctic Peninsula
jester hat
65°03′00″S 64°10′00″W / 65.05000°S 64.16667°W / -65.05000; -64.16667
Padpadak Island
Hoatsin Island
Revolver Island
Skoba Island
British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands


Shut Island.
Shut Island.
SCAR
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission

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