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had been crushed by ice. A year later, another island elsewhere in the Antarctic was named Irizar and, because that was a larger island and the name was in broad use for the location, the smaller island was renamed for
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It is said to be a particularly rocky island, 4.1 km (2.5 mi) long. It is located north of Andersson Island.
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is one of several Antarctic islands around the peninsula known as
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63°33′S 56°41′W / 63.55°S 56.68°W / -63.55; -56.68

Antarctic Peninsula
James Ross Island
D'Urville Island
Joinville Island
Dundee Island
Snow Hill Island
Vega Island
Seymour Island
Andersson Island
Paulet Island
Lockyer Island
Eagle Island
Bransfield Island
Astrolabe Island
Zigzag Island
Graham Land
James Ross Island Volcanic Group
Otto Nordenskiöld
Uruguay
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Antarctic
Ole Jonassen
gentoo penguins
kelp gulls
Chaucheprat Point
Yalour Sound
ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land
"Geological Map of James Ross Island"

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