Pyrox Island
Pyrox Island is located in Antarctica
Pyrox Island
Pyrox Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates68°12′S 66°41′W / 68.200°S 66.683°W / -68.200; -66.683
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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.

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