- Jonassen Island
Jonassen Island is one of several Antarctic islands around the peninsula known as
Graham Land , which is closer to South America than any other part of that continent. [ [http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=41768 ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land ] ]It is said to be a particularly rocky island, 2.5 miles long. It is located north of Andersson Island/
It was first named Irizar Island by
Otto Nordenskiöld in honor of the Argentine captain whose ship rescued the Swedish Antarctic expedition in 1903. A year later, another island elsewhere in the Antarctic was named Irizar and, because that was a larger island and the name was in broad use for the location, the smaller island was renamed forOle Jonassen , who accompanied Nordenskiöld on his two major sledge journeys in 1902-3. [ [http://www.oceanites.org/visiting/jona.php Oceanites ] ]The main life form on the island are
gentoo penguins andkelp gulls . Both species have established breeding colonies on the island. Adélie and chinstrap penguins as well as pintado and snow petrels have been observed around or flying about the island. A 1901 observation listed the Adélie has having nested on the island; the claim has not been substantiated in modern surveys. [ [http://www.oceanites.org/visiting/jona.php Oceanites ] ]References
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