Dodman Island
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Dodman Island is an island
3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Rabot Island
and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Ferin Head
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. The island was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE), 1934–37, 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...
3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Rabot Island
Rabot Island
Rabot Island is an island long and wide, lying south of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Charles Rabot.Originally discovered by John Biscoe....
and 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Ferin Head
Ferin Head
Ferin Head is a headland 4 nautical miles north of the entrance to Holtedahl Bay, in the northwest of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, who from a distant position in Pendleton Strait charted this feature as an island,...
, 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...
. The island was charted and named 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), 1934–37, under Rymill.