Buff Island
| Buff Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 50 ′ S , 64 ° 36 ′ W | |
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Buff Island is a small island at the southwest end of the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 5 km southwest of the Joubin Islands and 17 km southwest of Cape Monaco on Anvers Island .
The island was first mapped and named during the British Grahamland Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The naming background has not survived.
Web links
- Buff Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Buff Island on geographic.org (English)