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41: 232: 48: 620: 349: 437:. The largest of the Anagram Islands. So named by the UK-APC in 1961 because there is a black knob of rock, almost permanently snow free, on the north side of the island which is a useful navigational mark for vessels using French Passage. Nob is a spelling of knob. 624: 329:
Unit in 1958, and the three names positioned as originally given by the Belgian and French expeditions. The remaining island group was named Anagram Islands by the
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and the Anagram Islands. The descriptive name was recommended by UK-APC in 1971. "Spirtle" means to cause to splash.
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to the northeast and the islands that include the Anagram Islands to the southwest. The
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were variously applied to the four island groups on the south side of
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Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Anagram Islands near the east end
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(1995), 289:British Graham Land expedition 13: 1: 520: 402: 273:Belgian Antarctic Expedition 271:The area was charted by the 7: 392:GPX (secondary coordinates) 340: 281:French Antarctic Expedition 226: 10: 679: 592: 387:GPX (primary coordinates) 362:Map all coordinates using 157: 152: 144: 139: 129: 83: 73: 68: 34: 370:Download coordinates as: 259:are to the west and the 239:The islands are off the 147:Antarctic Treaty System 145:Administered under the 625:public domain material 295:, 1934–37. 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Spirtle Rock
Anagram Islands is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
65°12′S 64°20′W / 65.200°S 64.333°W / -65.200; -64.333 (Anagram Islands)
Wilhelm Archipelago
Antarctic Treaty System
65°12′S 64°20′W / 65.200°S 64.333°W / -65.200; -64.333 (Anagram Islands)
Roca Islands
Argentine Islands
Wilhelm Archipelago

Graham Coast
Antarctic Peninsula
French Passage
Vedel Islands
Betbeder Islands
Berthelot Islands
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Adrien de Gerlache
French Antarctic Expedition
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
British Graham Land expedition
John Rymill
Argentine
Roca
Cruls
French Passage
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
HMS Protector
British Naval

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