Hook Island (Biscoe Islands)
| Hook Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 38 ′ S , 65 ° 10 ′ W | |
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Hook Island (from English hook , hook ' ) is an island in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands west of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km northeast of the Vieugué Island .
Participants of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named them for their shape in 1959.
Web links
- Hook Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hook Island on geographic.org (English)