Dumbbell Island

Dumbbell Island
Dumbbell Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 68°43′S 67°35′W / 68.717°S 67.583°W / -68.717; -67.583Coordinates: 68°43′S 67°35′W / 68.717°S 67.583°W / -68.717; -67.583
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Dumbbell Island is a low rocky island lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Alamode Island in the Terra Firma Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who so named it because of its shape.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dumbbell Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-02.

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