Mushroom Island
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Mushroom Island is an ice-covered island
lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-southwest of Cape Berteaux
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37, and so named because of its resemblance to a mushroom cap.
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...
lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-southwest of Cape Berteaux
Cape Berteaux
Cape Berteaux is a cape surmounted by a high rock peak between Mikkelsen Bay and Wordie Ice Shelf on the west coast of Graham Land. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–1910, originally applied the name Berteaux to an island in essentially this position...
, 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...
. First 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, and so named because of its resemblance to a mushroom cap.