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Cornet Island

Index Cornet Island

Cornet Island is an island northeast of Milnes Island along the west side of the Grandidier Channel, in the Biscoe Islands. [1]

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Biscoe Islands

Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Lavoisier (named Serrano by Chile and Mitre by Argentina), Watkins, Krogh, Pickwick and Rabot, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending between Southwind Passage on the northeast and Matha Strait on the southwest.

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British Graham Land expedition

A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922.

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Grandidier Channel

Grandidier Channel is a navigable channel between the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, and the north end of the Biscoe Islands, extending from Penola Strait southwestward to the vicinity of Larrouy Island.

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John Rymill

John Riddoch Rymill (13 March 1905 – 7 September 1968) was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.

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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

This is a list of Antarctic and subantarctic islands.

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Milnes Island

Milnes Island is an island lying north of Woolpack Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornet_Island

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