Brash Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°24′S 54°55′W / 63.400°S 54.917°WCoordinates: 63°24′S 54°55′W / 63.400°S 54.917°W |
| Archipelago | Joinville Island group |
| Country | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Brash Island (63°24′S 54°55′W / 63.400°S 54.917°W) is an isolated island lying 9.3 kilometres (5 nmi) northwest of Darwin Island, off the southeast end of Joinville Island. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1953, and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the island lies in an area where there is a frequent occurrence of "brash ice" (an accumulation of floating ice made up of fragments not more than 2 metres across).[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Brash Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
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