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Fridtjof Island
Fridtjof
Island
is an
island
lying
northeast
of
Vázquez Island
, off the
southeast
side of
Wiencke Island
in the
Palmer Archipelago
. It was
discovered
and named by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
under
Gerlache
, 1897–99. It is among several
islands
charted and named by this
expedition
in
1898
, before their
ship
crossed
the Antarctic
Circle
on
15 February
.