Zigzag Island
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| File:Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago, BAT.svg Map of Palmer Archipelago, showing Tower Island | |
Location in Antarctica Zigzag Island is located in Antarctica Zigzag Island Zigzag Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°36′S 59°52′W / 63.600°S 59.867°W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Zigzag Island is a small island close off the south coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive of the island in plan; it is deeply indented, with steep cliff faces.[1]
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References
External links
Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Zigzag Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
