Keyhole Island
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Keyhole Island is a small rocky island
lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of the Terra Firma Islands
in the southwest part of Mikkelsen Bay
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. First surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied this name because of the presence of an ice arch formed by the icecap on this island.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of the Terra Firma Islands
Terra Firma Islands
Terra Firma Islands is a small group of islands lying 8 nautical miles north of Cape Berteaux, off the west coast of Graham Land in West Antarctica. Roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1936...
in the southwest part of Mikkelsen Bay
Mikkelsen Bay
Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, 15 miles wide at its mouth and indenting 10 miles, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the W coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. First seen from a distance in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but not recognized as a...
, off the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. First surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied this name because of the presence of an ice arch formed by the icecap on this island.