Solus Island is an island off the Antarctic Peninsula, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the Guébriant Islands, to the south-southeast of Cape Alexandra at the south end of Adelaide Island. The name appears as Islote Solitario, meaning 'solitary islet', on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The name indicates its isolated position.Argentina. MM chart 132, 1957 The name 'Solus Island' was adopted on British chartsAPC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; 3577, 14.viii.1964
The island was charted by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit from 'John Biscoe' in 1963.
See also List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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