Day Island

Day Island (67°15′S 67°42′W / 67.250°S 67.700°W / -67.250; -67.700Coordinates: 67°15′S 67°42′W / 67.250°S 67.700°W / -67.250; -67.700) is an island, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying immediately south of The Gullet and 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of Wyatt Island in the northern part of Laubeuf Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, who used the provisional name Middle Island for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and renamed by them for Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Day, Hydrographer of the Navy.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Day Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

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