Dodman Island
| Dodman Island | ||
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| Waters | Mudge Passage and Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 58 '37 " S , 65 ° 45' 49" W | |
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| length | 5.5 km | |
Dodman Island is a 5.5 km long island in the Biscoe Islands archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 6 km southeast of Rabot Island and 16 km west of Ferin Head on the northern edge of the Mudge Passage .
The island was mapped and named by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The headland of Dodman Point in Veryan Bay in Cornwall was the basis for the name .
Web links
- Dodman Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dodman Island on geographic.org (English)