Harp Island
| Harp Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 0 ′ S , 65 ° 39 ′ W | |
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Harp Island (from English harp 'harp' ) is a small island in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the islands of Beer Island and Upper Island and 13 km west of Prospect Point in front of Holtedahl Bay .
Participants of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill mapped them and made the naming. It is named after the shape of the island, which is reminiscent of a harp .
Web links
- Harp Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Harp Island on geographic.org (English)