Skua Island (Antarctica)
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Skua Island is a roughly triangular island
0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) long, lying between Black Island
to the southwest and Winter Island
and Galindez Island
to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands
, Wilhelm Archipelago
. Charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under Rymill.
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...
0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) long, lying between Black Island
Black Island
Black Island may refer to:Australia* Black Island * Black Island, Whitsunday Islands, QueenslandElsewhere* Black Island , Palawan, Philippines* Black Island , Antarctica...
to the southwest and Winter Island
Winter Island (Antarctica)
Winter Island is an island 0.5 nautical miles long, lying 0.1 nautical miles north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Winter Island was named by the British Graham Land Expedition , 1934–37, which made this island the site of its winter base during 1935.- See...
and Galindez Island
Galindez Island
Galindez Island is an island long, lying immediately east of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago.Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Commander Ismael F. Galíndez, Argentine Navy, who was dispatched in the...
to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands
Argentine Islands
The Argentine Islands are a group of islands southwest of Petermann Island and northwest of Cape Tuxen, in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the Argentine Republic in...
, Wilhelm Archipelago
Wilhelm Archipelago
Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.Wilhelm Archipelago consists of a myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the...
. Charted and named in 1935 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.