Welch Island (Antarctica)

Welch Island
Welch Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°34′S 62°56′E / 67.567°S 62.933°E / -67.567; 62.933Coordinates: 67°34′S 62°56′E / 67.567°S 62.933°E / -67.567; 62.933
Highest elevation 130 m (430 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Welch Island is an island, 1.9 km (1 nmi) long with a prominent pinnacle rock of 130 m (427 ft), lying north of Rouse Islands and 1.9 km (1 nmi) off the shore in the eastern side of Holme Bay. is 0.93 km (0.5 nmi) south of Welch Rocks.

Welch Island was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it for B. F. Welch, Second Engineer on the RRS Discovery.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Welch Island


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