Confusion Island
| Confusion Island | ||
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| Waters | Clowes Bay ( Signy Island ) | |
| Archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 44 ′ 17 ″ S , 45 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ W | |
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| length | 300 m | |
Confusion Island is a 300 m long island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located on the west side of the entrance to Clowes Bay off the south coast of Signy Island .
In 1933, participants in the British Discovery Investigations mapped the southern cape of the island and named it Confusion Point . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the designation to the entire island in 1974. The naming background has not survived.
Web links
- Confusion Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Confusion Island on geographic.org (English)