Heroína Island is a small island in Antarctica, marking the northeast end of the

Danger Islands The Danger Islands is a group of small islands lying east-south-east of Joinville Island near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They were discovered on 28 December 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, who so named them becaus ...

, east-southeast of

Joinville Island Joinville Island is the largest island of the Joinville Island group, about long in an east-west direction and wide, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Antarctic Sound. Joinville Island ...

. It was named by the

Argentine Antarctic Expedition Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

, 1948–49, after the expedition ship ''Heroína'', the name being approved by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

in 1993.

Geology

Heroina Island is composed of Mesozoic granodiorite, related to the great Mesozoic Andean subduction zone that extended from here to Central America.Joseph Holliday, Geology Professor, El Camino College

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Islands of the Joinville Island group {{JoinvilleIsland-geo-stub

Geology

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