Donnelly Island
| Donnelly Island | ||
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| Waters | Ryder Bay | |
| Archipelago | Léonie Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 37 ′ S , 68 ° 12 ′ W | |
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Donnelly Island is an island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of the Léonie Islands , it is 150 m southeast of Anchorage Island in Ryder Bay on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1993 after John Donnelly (1948-1993), chief machinist on the James Clark Ross , who died in January 1993 at the end of a research voyage of the ship due to illness.
Web links
- Donnelly Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)