Prior Island
| Prior Island | ||
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Geographical location | 75 ° 41 ′ S , 162 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| length | approx. 2 km | |
Prior Island is a small island east of Lamplugh Island off the Scott Coast of East Antarctica, Victoria Land, in the Ross Sea .
The island was discovered and mapped by participants in the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . It is named after the British mineralogist George Thurland Prior (1862-1936), who examined the geological samples from the expedition for the Natural History Museum .
See also
Web links
- Prior Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Prior Island on geographic.org (English)
- Prior Island. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, pp. 249–250 (English)