Buff Island

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Buff Island

Joubin Islands
(British Antarctic Territory)

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Buff Island is a small island south-west of the Joubin Islands, themselves off the south-west point of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory. The island lies west of the Bismarck Strait.

The island was charted and named 'Buffoon Island' by the British Graham Land Expedition in January 1935. It was recharted by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956-58.

References

  • Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Buff Island
The Palmer Archipelago, British Antarctic Territory

Abbott Island • Anvers Island • Auguste Island • Bob Island • Brabant Island • Bremen Island • Buff Island • Chionis Island • Christiania Islands • Chukovezer Island • Cobalcescou Island • Cormorant Island • Davis Island • Dink Island • Doumer Island • Dream Island • Emen Island • Fridtjof Island • Gand Island • Halfway Island • Hermit Island • Hoseason Island • Humble Island • Imelin Island • Janus Island • Kalotina Island • Lapteva Island • Lecointe Island • Litchfield Island • Liège Island • Masteyra Island • Melchior Islands • Ohlin Island • Pabellon Island • Pampa Island • Petrelik Island • Raklitsa Island • Rogulyat Island • Soatris Island • Spert Island • Spume Island • Temenuga Island • Tetrad Islands • Torgersen Island • Tower Island • Trebishte Island • Trinity Island • Tripod Island • Two Hummock Island • Vázquez Island • Vromos Island • Walsham Rocks • Wiencke Island • Yoke Island • Zigzag Island