Ann Island
| Ann Island | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Debenham Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 8 ′ S , 67 ° 6 ′ W | |
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Ann Island is an island in the Debenham Islands group off the Fallières coast of Antarctic Graham Land . It is located southeast of Barbara Island .
They were discovered by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . He named the island after Ann Debenham (* 1927, later married Buxton), a daughter of the Australian polar explorer Frank Debenham , member of the advisory committee of the research trip.
Web links
- Ann Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ann Island on geographic.org (English)