Lagoon Island

Lagoon Island is the northernmost of the Léonie Islands, lying in the entrance to Ryder Bay on the southeast side of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. The island was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill in February 1936 and was so named because with the island on its west side it forms a lagoon.[1]

Lagoon Island
Lagoon Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°35′34″S 68°14′06″W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Lagoon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-23.

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