June Island
| June Island | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Debenham Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 8 ′ S , 67 ° 7 ′ W | |
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June Island is an island in Marguerite Bay off the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of the Debenham Islands , it is immediately southwest of Audrey Island .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill discovered them. Rymill named her after June Debenham (* 1924, later married Back), daughter of polar explorer Frank Debenham , who was a member of the advisory board for the research trip.
Web links
- June Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- June Island on geographic.org (English)