Useful Island
| Useful Island | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 43 ′ S , 62 ° 52 ′ W | |
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Useful Iceland (basically translated from English Useful island ) is an island off the Danco Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Gerlache Strait , it is 3 km west of Rongé Island and is separated from it by a series of cliffs . Immediately to the east of it is Useless Island .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered them. The name goes back to scientists from the British Discovery Investigations , who carried out surveys in this area in 1927. The name probably reflects the importance of the island for the whalers of the time.
Web links
- Useful Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Useful Island on geographic.org (English)