Upper Island
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Upper Island is a narrow island
at the north side of Mutton Cove
, lying between Cliff
and Harp Islands and 8 miles (13 km) west of Prospect Point
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE), 1934-37, under John 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...
at the north side of Mutton Cove
Mutton Cove
Mutton Cove is an anchorage 0.5 nautical miles northeast of the south end of Beer Island in the Biscoe Islands. The cove is formed by four small islands, Harp, Upper, Cliff and Girdler Islands. Beer Island shelters the cove from the west. Charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition ...
, lying between Cliff
Cliff Island
Cliff Island is a narrow cliffed island at the south side of Mutton Cove, lying immediately south of Upper Island and west of Prospect Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934–37....
and Harp Islands and 8 miles (13 km) west of Prospect Point
Prospect Point
Prospect Point is a headland at the west extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, nearly 2 nautical miles south of Ferin Head and immediately east of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting...
, 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...
. It 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 John Rymill.