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Horvath Island
Horvath
Island
is a
small island
close
north
of
Watkins Island
, in the
Biscoe Islands
of
Antarctica
. It was mapped from air
photos
taken by the
Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition
, and was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
for Stephen M. Horvath, an
American
physiologist
who has
specialized
in the
peripheral
circulation
of
man
in climatic
extremes
.