Breakwater Island
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Breakwater Island is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago
with a line of rocks extending in a southwest arc from it, lying opposite Nipple Peak
, 0.3 mile (0.482802 km) off the east side of Wiencke Island
. The descriptive name, suggestive of an artificial breakwater
, was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1944.
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
with a line of rocks extending in a southwest arc from it, lying opposite Nipple Peak
Nipple Peak
Nipple Peak is a peak, 675 m, standing 1 nautical mile northeast of Channel Glacier in the north part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. The name, which suggests the shape of the feature, was given by the Falkland...
, 0.3 mile (0.482802 km) off the east side of Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island
Wiencke Island is an island long and from wide, about in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
. The descriptive name, suggestive of an artificial breakwater
Breakwater (structure)
Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.-Purposes of breakwaters:...
, was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1944.