Earle Island
| Earle Island | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Danger Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 29 ′ S , 54 ° 47 ′ W | |
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Earle Iceland is a small island in the group of the Danger Islands on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 5 km southwest of Darwin Island and marks the southwestern end of the archipelago.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the island on June 11, 1980. It is named after the painter Augustus Earle (1793-1838), who had participated in a survey of the HMS Beagle in the waters around South America in the 1830s .
Web links
- Earle Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Earle Island on geographic.org (English)