Spume Island
| Spume Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W | |
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Spume Island (from English spume 'spray, foam' ) is a small, low and rocky island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 2.5 km southwest of Bonaparte Point off the southwest coast of Anvers Island .
A Royal Navy hydrographic unit carried out its survey between 1956 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the spray that can be observed here in strong waves and appropriate winds.
Web links
- Spume Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spume Island on geographic.org (English)