Dumbbell Island

Coordinates: 68°43′S 67°35′W / 68.717°S 67.583°W / -68.717; -67.583
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Dumbbell Island
Dumbbell Island is located in Antarctica
Dumbbell Island
Dumbbell Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates68°43′S 67°35′W / 68.717°S 67.583°W / -68.717; -67.583
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Dumbbell Island is a low rocky island lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Alamode Island in the Terra Firma Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who so named it because of its shape.[1]

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  1. ^ "Dumbbell Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 February 2012.

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