Penola Island
| Penola Island | ||
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| Waters | Sherratt Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 3 ′ S , 57 ° 54 ′ W | |
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Penola Island is a small island off the south coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It's in Sherratt Bay .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped and named them in 1937. The Penola , one of the two ships of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , was named after the Penola in January 1937 missing survey team ran aground near King George Island.
Web links
- Penola Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penola Island on geographic.org (English)