Pyrox Island

Pyrox Island

Pyrox Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	68°12′S 66°41′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Pyrox Island is an island lying at the head of Neny Fjord, along the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41. Resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of pyroxenic rocks found there.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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