Dioptra Island
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dioptra-island-172-7301117
title:
Dioptra Island
text:
Dioptra Island is the conspicuous 290 m long in east-west direction and 45 m wide rocky island off the northwest extremity of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, and separated from Beslen Island on the southeast by a passage narrowing to 21 m at points. Its surface area is 0.92 ha. The feature is named after the classical surveying instrument dioptra, and in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Antarctic Island
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioptra_Island
date created:
2021-05-25T17:48:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T19:26:44Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Low-Island-location-map.png","width":1669,"height":1144}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16