Blake Island (Antarctica)
| Blake Island | ||
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| Waters | Bone Bay | |
| Archipelago | Islotes Laura | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 38 '56 " S , 59 ° 1' 49" W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
Blake Island is a 2.5 km long, narrow and ice-free island off the northwest coast of the Trinity Peninsula at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in Bone Bay and is the largest island in Islotes Laura .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped the island in 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the British sailor Pattrick John Blake (1798-1884), midshipman on the brig Williams during their exploration of the South Shetland Islands and the Bransfield Strait in 1820.
Web links
- Blake Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blake Island on geographic.org (English)