Indicator Island

Indicator Island (65°15′S 64°16′W / 65.250°S 64.267°W / -65.250; -64.267Coordinates: 65°15′S 64°16′W / 65.250°S 64.267°W / -65.250; -64.267) is an island 0.16 km (0.1 mi) long, lying 0.16 km (0.1 mi) west of the northwest end of Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill. A windsock was erected on this island by the expedition to indicate wind direction for the expedition's airplane.^[1]

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

↑ "Indicator Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

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