Lacuna Island [SEP] continent
Lacuna Island
Lacuna Island () is a small island lying east of Tula Point, the northern end of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos obtained by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd, 1956–57, and was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the island lies in a lacuna (a gap) in the vertical air photos.
See also.
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
lack of water and fertile soil made the region unsuitable for colonisation.
Change of name.
After British colonisation, the name "New Holland" was retained for several decades and the south polar continent continued to be called "Terra Australis", sometimes shortened to "Australia". However, in the nineteenth century, the colonial authorities gradually removed the Dutch name from the island continent and, instead of inventing a new name, they took the name "Australia" from the south polar continent, leaving a lacuna in