Jump to content

Gossler Islands

Coordinates: 64°42′S 64°22′W / 64.700°S 64.367°W / -64.700; -64.367
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jengod (talk | contribs) at 22:36, 5 September 2022 (Context + short description). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Gossler Islands (64°42′S 64°22′W / 64.700°S 64.367°W / -64.700; -64.367) are a group of north–south trending islands 3 nautical miles (6 km) in extent, lying 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) west of Cape Monaco, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago off Antarctica.

They were discovered and named by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873–74, in honour of the Gossler banking family of Hamburg. The expedition was funded by the Deutsche Polar-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft shipping company, that was co-owned by Ernst Gossler (1838–1893), a grandson of Senator Johann Heinrich Gossler and a great-grandson of Johann Hinrich Gossler.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gossler Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

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


Stub icon

This Anvers Island location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gossler_Islands&oldid=1108722882"