Jacobs Island
| Jacobs Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Christiania Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ 19 ″ S , 64 ° 0 ′ 9 ″ W | |
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| length | 450 m | |
Jacobs Island is an island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies off the southwest coast of Anvers Island between Hellerman Rocks and Laggard Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1975 after Lieutenant Commander Paul F. Jacobs of the United States Navy , who headed Palmer Station in 1972.
Web links
- Jacobs Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jacobs Island on geographic.org (English)