Markham Island
| Markham Island | ||
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| Waters | Terra Nova Bay , Ross Sea | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 36 ′ S , 164 ° 55 ′ E | |
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Markham Island is a small but striking island off the Scott coast of East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the northern Terra Nova Bay it is located directly in front of Oscar Point .
It was discovered in February 1900 during the British Southern Cross Expedition (1898-1900) under the direction of the Norwegian polar explorer Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink . He named it after the British geographer and explorer Clements Markham (1830-1916), President of the Royal Geographical Society from 1893 to 1905.
Web links
- Markham Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Markham Island on geographic.org (English)