Dumbbell Island
| Dumbbell Island | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Terra Firma Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 43 ′ S , 67 ° 35 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Dumbbell Iceland (of English dumbbell , barbell ' ) is a low and rocky island in the Marguerite Bay before Fallières Coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands . In the group of Terra Firma Islands , it is 1.5 km west of Alamode Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out geodetic surveys in 1948 and gave the island its name based on its shape.
Web links
- Dumbbell Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dumbbell Island on geographic.org (English)