Adams Island (Antarctica)
Island in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica
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Adams Island is a small rocky coastal antarctic island embedded in thick bay ice most of the year, lying at the western side of McDonald Bay, about 20.4 km (11 nmi) west of Mabus Point. Adams Island was named after Edgar Lucas Adams (1883 - 1928), the boatswain of the expedition ship, Aurora. The island was discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914, under Douglas Mawson, and named by him for the boatswain of the expedition ship Aurora.
 Location within Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°33′S 092°35′E |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Adams Island (Antarctica)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.- Personal diaries of Edgar Lucas Adams, in possession of his great grand daughter.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
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