Brewster Island
| Brewster Island | ||
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| Waters | Errera Canal | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 44 ′ S , 62 ° 34 ′ W | |
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Brewster Island is a small island off the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located northwest of Danco Island in the Errera Channel .
The island was first shown on an Argentine map from 1950. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Scottish physicist David Brewster (1781–1868), inventor of the dioptric stereoscope .
Web links
- Brewster Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brewster Island on geographic.org (English)