Llanquihue Islands
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Llanquihue Islands is a group of islands to the east of Larrouy Island
, extending northward for 9 nautical miles (17 km) from the west coast of Graham Land
. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1947 and is after the Chilean province of the same name.
Larrouy Island
Larrouy Island is an island 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide which rises to 745 m, lying in Grandidier Channel, 4 nautical miles north of Ferin Head. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot, who named it for Monsieur Larrouy, at that time a French...
, extending northward for 9 nautical miles (17 km) from 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...
. 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, 1934-37. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1947 and is after the Chilean province of the same name.