Ponton Island
| Ponton Island | |
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| Location: | 65°6’28"S, 63°5’13"W |
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Ponton Island lies near head of Flandres Bay on the Danco Coast of north-western Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. The island lies to the east of the Moureaux Islands.
This island was roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1903-1905. An Argentinian expedition called it Isla Solitario, meaning 'Lonely island' because mistakenly they thought it to be in an isolated position.
The island was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition of 1956-1957 and named in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, specifically after Mungo Ponton (1802-1880), the British inventor who, in 1839, discovered that potassium bichromate spread on paper was light-sensitive, an important landmark in the development of photography.
Outside links
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Ponton Island