Kay Island
| Kay Island | ||
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| Waters | Wood Bay , Ross Sea | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 900 m | |
| width | 270 m | |
| surface | 16 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Kay Island is a small island off the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located about 3 km from Cape Johnson in the northern part of Wood Bay .
James Clark Ross discovered them in 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). It is named after Joseph Henry Kay (1815-1875), participant of the expedition and later director of the Rossbank Observatory for geomagnetic investigations in Hobart, Tasmania .
Web links
- Kay Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kay Island on geographic.org (English)
- Map sheet with Kay Island (top right)
