Mushroom Island

Mushroom Island
Mushroom Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 68°53′S 67°53′W / 68.883°S 67.883°W / -68.883; -67.883Coordinates: 68°53′S 67°53′W / 68.883°S 67.883°W / -68.883; -67.883
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Mushroom Island in the Antarctic is an ice-covered island lying 19 kilometres (10 nmi) west-southwest of Cape Berteaux, off the west coast of Graham Land.

It was first charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37, and so named because of its resemblance to a mushroom cap.

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