Trolval Island
| Trolval Island | ||
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| Waters | Ryder Bay | |
| Archipelago | Léonie Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 35 '44 " S , 68 ° 12' 49" W | |
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| length | 300 m | |
Trolval Island is a 300 m long and narrow island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Léonie Islands group , it lies between the northern tip of Anchorage Island and Lagoon Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2004. It is named after the "devil whale " from the book The Whale by the British zoologist Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901–1986) from 1968.
Web links
- Trolval Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)