Zigzag Island

Zigzag Island
Map of Graham Land, showing Tower Island (16)
Zigzag Island is located in Antarctica
Zigzag Island
Zigzag Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°36′S 59°52′W / 63.600°S 59.867°W / -63.600; -59.867
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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[edit]

Map[edit]

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Zigzag Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.