Lion Island (Palmer Archipelago)
| Lion Island | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 40 ′ 49 " S , 63 ° 8 ′ 13" W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
Lion Island (from English lion 'lion' ) is a 2.5 km long and 1.5 km wide island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located off the east coast of Anvers Island and 1.5 km northeast of Cape Astrup at the northern end of Wiencke Island .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered them. The descriptive name of the island is first recorded on a map based on surveys by the British Discovery Investigations from 1927. Viewed from the southwest, the profile of the island resembles a reclining lion .
Web links
- Lion Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lion Island on geographic.org (English)