Wyatt Island () is an

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 ...

, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of

Day Island Day Island () is an island, long and wide, immediately south of The Gullet and north of Wyatt Island in the northern part of Laubeuf Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land in the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the Br ...

near the center of

Laubeuf Fjord Laubeuf Fjord is a sound in Antarctica, long in a north-south direction and averaging wide, lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island and the southern part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. It connects Hanusse Bay to the n ...

, off the west coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill which used the provisional name

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

(FIDS) and was renamed by Vice Admiral Sir Arthur G.N. Wyatt, Hydrographer to the Navy, 1945–50.

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Islands of Graham Land Loubet Coast {{LoubetCoast-geo-stub

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