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Debenham Islands

Index Debenham Islands

The Debenham Islands are a group of islands and rocks lying between Millerand Island and the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 14 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Barry Island, British Graham Land expedition, Cape Calmette, Fallières Coast, Frank Debenham, Graham Land, John Rymill, Marguerite Bay, Millerand Island, Northeast Glacier, San Martín Base, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee.

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Barry Island

Barry Island (Ynys y Barri) is a district, peninsula and seaside resort, forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

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British Graham Land expedition

The British Graham Land expedition (BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937.

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Cape Calmette

Cape Calmette is a cape marking the western extremity of a rocky peninsula which rises more than and projects from the west coast of Graham Land for to form the southern shore of Calmette Bay. Debenham Islands and cape Calmette are Fallières Coast.

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Fallières Coast

The Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf.

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Frank Debenham

Frank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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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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Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. Debenham Islands and Marguerite Bay are Fallières Coast.

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Millerand Island

Millerand Island is a high rugged island in diameter, lying south of Cape Calmette, off the west coast of Graham Land. Debenham Islands and Millerand Island are Fallières Coast and islands of Graham Land.

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Northeast Glacier

Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, long and wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then south-westwards into Marguerite Bay between the Debenham Islands and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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San Martín Base

San Martín Base (Base San Martín) is a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after General José de San Martín, the Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Perú.

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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/Debenham_Islands

Also known as Ann Island, Audrey Island, Barbara Island (Antarctica), Barry Island (Debenham Islands), Brian Island, June Island, Powell Channel.