Brooklyn Island
Brooklyn Island | ||
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photographed by Frederick Cook on the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) | ||
Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
Geographical location | 64 ° 38 '14 " S , 62 ° 3' 9" W | |
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length | 4 km | |
width | 2.5 km |
The Brooklyn Island ( French Île Brooklyn ) is a 4 km long and 2.5 km wide island off the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.8 km southeast of Nansen Island in the eastern section of Wilhelmina Bay . It is separated from the mainland by the Plata Passage .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered the island. He named it after the New York borough of Brooklyn , home of the American expedition doctor Frederick Cook (1865-1940).
Web links
- Brooklyn Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brooklyn Island on geographic.org (English)