Lion Island (Viktorialand)
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| Waters | Granite Harbor | |
| Geographical location | 76 ° 51 ′ S , 162 ° 33 ′ E | |
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Lion Island (from English lion 'lion' ) is a small island off the Scott coast of East Antarctica, Victoria . In Granite Harbor , it lies east of the confluence of the Hunt Glacier between Cape Archer and Dreikanter Head .
The island got its name from participants in the Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Lion Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lion Island on geographic.org (English)