Gremlin Island
Gremlin Island is located in Antarctica
Gremlin Island
Gremlin Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates68°16′S 67°12′W / 68.267°S 67.200°W / -68.267; -67.200
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Gremlin Island is a small rocky island which lies close northwest of the tip of Red Rock Ridge, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill. The island was used as a site for a depot by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948–49, and was so named by them because of the mysterious disappearance of a ration box left there by a FIDS sledging party.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Gremlin Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Gremlin Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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