Dundee Island
 Map of Graham Land, showing Dundee Island (5) | |
  Dundee Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°30′S 55°55′W / 63.500°S 55.917°WCoordinates: 63°30′S 55°55′W / 63.500°S 55.917°W |
| Archipelago | Joinville Island group |
| Administration | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Dundee Island is an ice-covered island lying east of the northeastern tip of Antarctic Peninsula and south of Joinville Island.[1]
On January 8, 1893, during the Dundee Antarctic Whaling Expedition, the island was named by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for their home in Dundee, Scotland. The expedition was made up of three other vessels in an unsuccessful search for commercial whales.[1]
It is from this island that the American businessman Lincoln Ellsworth, accompanied by the pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, took off on the 23 November 1935 for the first crossing of the Antarctic by plane.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
- Active Reef
References
- 1 2 "Dundee Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dundee Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).