Anchorage Island

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Anchorage Island

Léonie Islands
(British Antarctic Territory)

Location
Location: 67°36’18"S, 68°12’50"W
Data
Population: Uninhabited

Anchorage Island is an island amongst the Léonie Islands, that lie in Ryder Bay within the British Antarctic Territory. Anchorage itself lies half a nautical mile south-east of Lagoon Island, and off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island.

The island was reported by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908-10 as possibly providing anchorage for a small ship, and named 'Anchor Island'. It was later named 'Anchorage Island' by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, who visited the island in February 1936.

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