Dobrowolski Island

Dobrowolski Island: Dobrowolski Island (64°36′S 62°55′W / 64.6°S 62.917°W / -64.6; -62.917) is a small island which lies close to the east coast of Anvers Island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Ryswyck Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted in 1927 by DI personnel on the Discovery, who gave the name Astrolabe Island. To avoid duplication, the name was changed in 1958 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC); Dobrowolski Island is named after Antoni B. Dobrowolski (1872–1954), assistant meteorologist of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition which explored this area in 1898.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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