Lagoon Island
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Lagoon Island is the northernmost of the Leonie Islands
, lying in the entrance to Ryder Bay
on the southeast side of Adelaide Island
. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1908–10, under Charcot. The island
was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under Rymill in February 1936 and so named because with the island on its west side it forms a lagoon.
Leonie Islands
Leonie Islands is a group of small islands lying in the entrance to Ryder Bay along the southeast side of Adelaide Island. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, discovered these islands and gave the name Leonie to the largest island. The British Graham Land Expedition under...
, lying in the entrance to Ryder Bay
Ryder Bay
Ryder Bay is a bay 6 nautical miles wide at its mouth and indenting 4 nautical miles , lying 5 nautical miles east of Mount Gaudry on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. The Leonie Islands lie across the mouth of this bay. Discovered and first surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic...
on the southeast side of Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims, at .Adelaide Island was...
. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
, 1908–10, under Charcot. The 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...
was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) under Rymill in February 1936 and so named because with the island on its west side it forms a lagoon.