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Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

Zigzag Island
Map of Palmer Archipelago, showing Tower Island
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Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°36′S 59°52′W / 63.600°S 59.867°W / -63.600; -59.867
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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.

See also

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

  1. Zigzag Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Zigzag Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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