Janus Island

Janus Island

Location within Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°47′S 64°06′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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

References

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