Indicator Island
| Indicator Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | French passage | |
| Archipelago | Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 14 ′ 46 ″ S , 64 ° 15 ′ 49 ″ W | |
|
||
| length | 160 m | |
Indicator Island (from English indicator 'Anzeiger, Kennzeichen, Indicator' ) is a 160 m long island off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of the Argentine Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago , it is 160 m northwest of the Galíndez Island .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill, discovered and named the island in 1935. It was named after a flagpole erected here with a wind sock that indicated the prevailing wind direction to the aircraft carried on this research trip .
Web links
- Indicator Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Indicator Island on geographic.org (English)