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Dundee Island 
Map of Graham Land, showing Dundee Island (5)Geography Location Antarctica Coordinates 63°30′S 055°55′W / 63.5°S 55.917°W Archipelago Joinville Island group Country AntarcticaDemographics Population 0 Additional information Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System Dundee Island is an ice-covered island lying east of the northeastern tip of Antarctic Peninsula and south of Joinville Island.[1]
On January 8, 1893, during the Dundee Whaling Expedition, the island was named by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for the home port, Dundee, Scotland, whence the ship sailed in company with three other vessels in search of whales.[1]
It is from this island that the American businessman Lincoln Ellsworth, accompanied by the pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, took off on the 23 November, 1935 for the first crossing of the Antarctic by plane.[citation needed]
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
- ^ a b "Dundee Island". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:4167. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 3, 2004.
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Coordinates: 63°30′S 055°55′W / 63.5°S 55.917°W
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