Limpet Island
| Lagoon Island | ||
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| Waters | Ryder Bay | |
| Archipelago | Léonie Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 38 ′ S , 68 ° 18 ′ W | |
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Limpet Iceland (of English limpet , limpet ' ) is the southernmost of Léonie Islands in the entrance to Ryder Bay on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The island was discovered during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1948. It is named after the limpets that can be found here in large numbers .
Web links
- Limpet Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Limpet Island on geographic.org (English)