Vaughan Island
| Vaughan Island | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Willis Islands , South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 0 ′ S , 38 ° 11 ′ W | |
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Vaughan Island is a small, conical and tussock- covered island in the group of Willis Islands off the western end of South Georgia . It is located immediately east of Main Island .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations did a rough mapping between 1926 and 1930. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after Lieutenant Commander Hugh Lawrence Folliott Vaughan (* 1926) of the Royal Navy , who was involved in the surveys of this area on board the HMS Owen .
Web links
- Vaughan Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vaughan Island on geographic.org (English)