Gulch Island
| Gulch Island | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Archipelago | Christiania Islands ( Palmer Archipelago ) | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 0 ′ S , 61 ° 29 ′ W | |
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Gulch Island (from English gulch 'canyon' ) is an island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of Christiania Islands , it lies northwest of Small Island .
It is recorded for the first time on an Argentine map from 1952. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 because it is characterized by deep bays.
Web links
- Gulch Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gulch Island on geographic.org (English)