Audrey Island
| Audrey Island | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Debenham Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 8 ′ S , 67 ° 7 ′ W | |
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The Audrey Island is the southernmost of the Debenham Islands before Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula .
It was discovered by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . Rymill named her after Audrey Margaret Debenham (1922-1992, later married children), daughter of polar explorer Frank Debenham , who was on the advisory board for the research trip.
Web links
- Audrey Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Audrey Island on geographic.org