Welch Island (Antarctica)
| What Iceland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Holme Bay | |
| Archipelago | Flat Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| length | 1.75 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Welch Island is an island 1.5 km off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is located north of the Rouse Islands in the eastern section of Holme Bay . Its specialty lies in a striking and 130 m high rock needle .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered them in February 1931. Mawson named them after Bernard Francis Welch (1901-1974), second engineer on the RRS Discovery , the ship on this expedition.
Web links
- Welch Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Welch Island on geographic.org (English)