Brabant Island

Brabant Island

Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at coord|64.25|S|62.33|W|. Brabant Island is 33 miles long in a north-south direction, 16 miles wide, and rises to 2,520 m in Mount Parry. Brabant Island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it after the former province of Brabant, Belgium, in recognition of the support given to the Belgian Antarctic Expedition by its citizens.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

External links

* [http://www.biospherical.com/nsf/palmer/palmer_map_BW_sm.gifMap of the area]
* [http://usarc.usgs.gov/ant-ogc-viewer/viewer.htm U.S. Geological Survey, Atlas of Antarctic Research]
*pt icon [http://143.54.108.11/brabant Brazilian Antarctic Program]


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