Hervé Island (Bulgarian: остров Ерве, romanized: ostrov Hervé, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɛrˈvɛ]) is the mostly ice-covered rocky island in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands in Antarctica 900 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 290 m wide. Its surface area is 14.16 ha.

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Hervé Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°24′11″S 67°10′01″W
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Area	14.16 ha (35.0 acres)
Length	900 m (3000 ft)
Width	290 m (950 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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The feature is named after the Chilean geologist Francisco Hervé Allamand, for his contribution to Antarctic geology and the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

Hervé Island is centred at 66°24′11″S 67°10′01″W,^[1] which is 260 m south of Kuno Point on Watkins Island, 1.53 km northwest of St. Brigid Island and 1.1 km southeast of Belding Island.

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1976
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands