Graptolite Island
Graptolite Island | ||
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Map of Laurie Island with Fitchie Bay (right) where Grapholite Island is located | ||
Waters | Fitchie Bay | |
Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 56 ″ S , 44 ° 27 ′ 51 ″ W | |
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length | 800 m | |
Residents | uninhabited |
Graptolite Island (English for Graptolite Island ) is an 800 m long island not far from the southeast coast of Laurie Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located in the northeast section of Fitchie Bay .
Two islands are shown at this point on the maps of the British navigator James Weddell from 1825. Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of the polar explorer William Speirs Bruce cleared up this error in 1903 and named the island after the numerous graptolite fossils found here.
Web links
- Graptolite Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Graptolite Island on geographic.org (English)