Laggard Island
| Laggard Island | ||
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| Waters | Bismarck Street | |
| Archipelago | Christiania Islands , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 1 ′ W | |
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Laggard Iceland ( English for Nachzüglerinsel is) a rocky island in the Palmer Archipelago in front of the west of the Antarctic Peninsula . Off the southwest coast of Anvers Island , it is 3 km southeast of Bonaparte Point .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the island in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1957 after their geographical location at the eastern end of the islands around Arthur Harbor .
Web links
- Laggard Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Laggard Island on geographic.org (English)