Islay (Antarctica)
| Islay | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Archipelago | William Scoresby Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 59 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 3 km | |
Islay is the largest island in the William Scoresby Archipelago, off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is located 2.5 km north of Bertha Island .
The island was discovered and named in February 1936 by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations on board the research vessel RRS William Scoresby . It is named after the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland .
Web links
- Islay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Islay on geographic.org (English)