Jagged Island (Graham Land)

Coordinates: 65°58′S 65°41′W / 65.967°S 65.683°W / -65.967; -65.683

Jagged Island is an island 2 nautical miles (4 km) long, lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Dodman Island and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Ferin Head, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was probably first sighted in January 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under John Rymill.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Jagged Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Jagged Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.