Day Island

Day Island: Day Island (67°15′S 67°42′W / 67.25°S 67.7°W / -67.25; -67.7) is an island, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying immediately south of The Gullet and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Wyatt Island in the north part of Laubeuf Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who used the provisional name Middle Island for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and renamed by them for Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Day, Hydrographer to the Navy.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Day Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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