Grotto Island
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Grotto Island is a narrow island
0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long with a serrated coastline, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) north of Galindez Island
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...
0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long with a serrated coastline, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) north of 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...
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.