Jacobs Island

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Jacobs Island (64°48′S, 64°1′W) is a narrow island 0.3 miles (0.5 km) long between Hellerman Rocks and Laggard Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Paul F. Jacobs, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge of Palmer Station in 1972.

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