Hummock Island (Antarctica)
| Hummock Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal and Maskelyne Passage | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 54 ′ S , 65 ° 29 ′ W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
Hummock Island (from English hummock 'ice hill' ) is a 1.5 km long island in the group of Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 6.5 km west of Larrouy Island and 8.8 km from Ferin Head .
The island was discovered and named descriptively during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill .
Web links
- Hummock Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hummock Island on geographic.org (English)