Zigzag Island

Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

63°36′S 59°52′W / 63.600°S 59.867°W / -63.600; -59.867ArchipelagoPalmer ArchipelagoAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

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

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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