Dismal Island

Dismal Island
Dismal Island is located in Atlantic Ocean
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Dismal Island
Location of Dismal Island

Dismal Island (68°6′S 68°50′W / 68.1°S 68.833°W / -68.1; -68.833) is an island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long and 60 m high, which is mainly ice covered and is the largest of the Faure Islands, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. The Faure Islands were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. The group was visited and surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named this island for its appearance of extreme desolation and lifelessness.

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


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