Andersson Island [SEP] continent
Andersson Island
Andersson Island (historically Rosamel Island) is an island located at the eastern end of the Tabarin Peninsula, Antarctica.
The island was first named by the French Antarctic Expedition in 1838, who called it "le Rosamel" in honor of Vice Admiral Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel, French Naval Minister. It was a way point on the second French exploration of the region. Jules Dumont d'Urville put anchor off the island when conditions aboard the "Astrolabe" and "Zelee" became overwhelming. The
Jonassen Island
Jonassen Island is one of several Antarctic islands around the peninsula known as Graham Land, which is closer to South America than any other part of that continent.
It is said to be a particularly rocky island, long. It is located north of Andersson Island/
It was first named Irizar Island by Otto Nordenskiöld in honor of the Argentine captain whose ship "Uruguay" rescued the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903 after their ship "Antarctic" had been crushed by ice. A year later, another island elsewhere