Spume Island

Spume Island

Spume Island is a small, low, rocky island lying 1.5 miles southwest of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Spume Island is located at coord|64|48|S|64|07|W|.Spume Island was surveyed by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1956-1957. Spume Island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) because heavy seas break over the island in a gale; spume is blown over it.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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