Vortex Island
Vortex Island (63°44′S 57°38′W / 63.733°S 57.633°W) is an
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in August 1945. The FIDS survey party was forced to lie idle there by a whirlwind snowstorm, thus suggesting the name.[1]
Geology
Vortex Island is composed of
See also
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
- ^ This article incorporates public domain material from "Vortex Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Joseph Holliday, Geology Professor, El Camino College
- ^ "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2020.