Jason Island
| Jason Island | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Seal Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 1 ′ S , 60 ° 18 ′ W | |
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The Jason Island (also known as Dallmann Nunatak ) is an island off the east coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula , also called Nunatak described. It is located 8 km north of the Bruce Nunatak in the Seal Island group .
It was mapped in 1902 by participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903). Otto Nordenskjöld , leader of the expedition, named it Dallmann-Nunatak after the German Antarctic explorer Eduard Dallmann (1830-1896). The namesake of the original name Jasoninsel (preferred name in German-speaking countries) is the ship Jason of the Norwegian whaler and Antarctic researcher Carl Anton Larsen , who discovered the Seal Islands.
Web links
- Dallmann Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jason Island on GeoNames (English)