Woolpack Island
| Woolpack Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 37 ′ 40 ″ S , 65 ° 0 ′ 19 ″ W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
Woolpack Island is a narrow and 2.5 km long island off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Biscoe Islands archipelago , it is 6 km northeast of Vieugué Island on the west side of the Grandidier Canal .
The island was discovered and named in August 1935 during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The exact naming background is unclear.
Web links
- Woolpack Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Woolpack Island on geographic.org (English)