Emma Island
| Emma Island | ||
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| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 36 '5 " S , 62 ° 18' 38" W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
The Emma Island ( French Île Emma ) is a 2.5 km long island with jagged rocky outcrops protruding from its ice cap off the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 6 km west of Nansen Island in the southwest part of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered the island. He named her after his mother Emma Thérèse de Gerlache de Gomery (nee Biscops, 1834-1933).
Web links
- Emma Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Emma Island on geographic.org (English)