Piton Island

Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
66°47′S 141°36′E / 66.783°S 141.600°E / -66.783; 141.600AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Piton Island is a small rocky island lying 0.19 kilometres (0.1 nmi) southwest of Guano Island in the Curzon Islands. Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and so named by them for its very pointed shape.

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