Patella islet
| Patella islet | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 8 ′ S , 55 ° 31 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 75 m | |
The Patella Island (in Argentina Isla Ruiz ) is a small, yet striking island in the Joinville Islands group off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 3 km northwest of Ambush Bay off the north coast of Joinville Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the island in 1953. It is descriptively named because of its shape after the common limpet ( Patella vulgata ). The name that is valid in Argentina is named after a participant in an Argentine Antarctic expedition carried out from 1955 to 1956.
Web links
- Patella Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Patella Island on geographic.org (English)