Webb Island

Coordinates: 67°27′S 67°56′W / 67.450°S 67.933°W / -67.450; -67.933
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Webb island, in front of Adelaide Island's east coast. Click on the picture for a description of the other geographical features in this image.
Wormald Ice Piedmont on Adelaide Island. Further away and to the left is Wyatt Island. The mountains in the distance are all on the Arrowsmith Peninsula
of the Antarctic mainland.

Webb Island (67°27′S 67°56′W / 67.450°S 67.933°W / -67.450; -67.933) is a rocky island in Antarctica, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying in

Jean Baptiste Charcot, 1908–10, and named by him for Captain (later Admiral Sir) Richard C. Webb of the Royal Navy
, commanding officer of an English cruiser in Argentine waters at that time.

See also

  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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