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Ann Island (British Columbia)
The Debenham Islands are a group of islands and Islet, rocks lying between Millerand Island and the west coast of Graham Land. The Debenham Islands were discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) (1934–37) under John Riddoch Rymill; the BGLE base was on Barry Island (Debenham Islands), Barry Island, in the center of the group, during part of this time. They were named for Frank Debenham, who served as a member of the BGLE Advisory Committee. The Argentinian San Martín Base is located on Barry Island. See also * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands#List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S, List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * Powell Channel * Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research * Territorial claims in Antarctica Further reading * Ben Saul, Tim Stephens, editors 'Antarctica in International Law'', P 269 References * Islands of Graham Land Fallières Coast {{FallièresCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Bay
Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands within the bay include Pourquoi Pas Island, Horseshoe Island, Terminal Island, and Lagotellerie Island. Marguerite Bay was discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named the bay for his wife. Named features Toadstool Rocks are a group of insular, ice-covered rocks that rise to about 250 cm above sea level in the southwest part of Marguerite Bay, east-southeast of Terminal Island. The rocks were roughly charted from RRS association with Mushroom Island and Puffball Islands. Endurance Reef is a reef in Marguerite Bay, lying west of Red Rock Ridge. The name is after HMS ''Endurance'' which at this position in February 1972 struck a ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |