Dundee Island
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Dundee Island (63°30′S, 055°55′W) is an ice-covered island lying east of the northeastern tip of Antarctic Peninsula and south of Joinville Island.
On January 8, 1893, during the Dundee Whaling Expedition, the island was discovered by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for the home port, Dundee, Scotland, whence the ship sailed in company with three other vessels in search of whales.
It is from this island that the American billionaire Lincoln Ellsworth, accompanied by the pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, took off on the 23 November 1935 for the first crossing of the Antarctic by plane.
On January 8, 1893, during the Dundee Whaling Expedition, the island was discovered by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for the home port, Dundee, Scotland, whence the ship sailed in company with three other vessels in search of whales.
It is from this island that the American billionaire Lincoln Ellsworth, accompanied by the pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, took off on the 23 November 1935 for the first crossing of the Antarctic by plane.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_Island
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Coordinates: 63°29'26"S 55°58'8"W
- Joinville Island 51 km
- Joinville Island Group 63 km
- James Ross Island 118 km
- King George Island 237 km
- Livingston Island 277 km
- Elephant Island (Island of Mordvinov) 279 km
- Arctowski Peninsula 350 km
- Renaud Island 539 km
- Coronation Island 612 km
- South Orkney Islands 617 km
- Petrel Base - Argentina 13 km
- Joinville Island Group 26 km
- Saxum reef 40 km
- Danger Islands 66 km