Lockyer Island

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Islands near the north end of Antarctic Peninsula; Lockyer Island is #11
Islands near the north end of Antarctic Peninsula; Lockyer Island is #11

Lockyer Island is an island 2.5 mi long, lying off the south shore of James Ross Island in the SW entrance to Admiralty Sound in Antarctica. Named Cape Lockyer by Capt. James Clark Ross, Jan. 7, 1843, at the request of Capt. Francis R.M. Crozier in honor of the latter's friend, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, Royal Navy. The insularity of the feature was determined by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld in 1902. Coordinates: 64°27′S 57°36′W / -64.45, -57.6

It is one of several islands around the peninsula known as Graham Land, which is closer to South America than any other part of that continent.[1]


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  1. ^ ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land
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