Diamonen Island
| Diamonen Island | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 3 ′ S , 61 ° 16 ′ W | |
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Diamonen Iceland (in Argentina Islote Madariaga ) is an island off the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on Gerlache Street , north of Moreno Rock .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , first mapped the island. The Norwegian whaling captain Sverre Skidsmo, who operated the Graham in these waters between 1921 and 1922 , named her Big Diamonen Island . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee shortened this designation on September 23, 1960. The Argentine name is named after the Argentine General Joaquín Madariaga (1799-1848).
Web links
- Diamonen Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Diamonen Island on geographic.org (English)