Thorgaut Island is an island off

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

, the largest

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the northeast part of the

Robinson Group Robinson Group () is a group of small islands extending in an east–west direction, lying close northwest of Cape Daly. The group was observed by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, 1931, who named ...

, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of

Cape Daly Cape Daly () is an ice-covered promontory on the coast of Antarctica, west of Safety Island and close southeast of the Robinson Group. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Ma ...

on the coast of Antarctica, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of

Andersen Island Andersen Island is an island west of Thorgaut Island, and east of Child Rocks, in the Robinson Group, Antarctica. It was mapped by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson in February 1931. The isl ...

, and 3 to 4 nautical miles (5 – 6 km) north-west of Kirton Island and Macklin Island, which are also part of the Robinson Group. The islands were sighted in 1931 by the crew of the Norwegian whaling ships ''Thorgaut'' and ''Robinson''. The name Robinson was applied to the group, and the name Thorgaut to its most conspicuous member.

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