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Dismal Island is an island, 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) long and 60 metres (200 ft) high, which is mainly ice covered and is the largest of the Faure Islands, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. The Faure Islands were discovered and first charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. The group was visited and surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who so named this island for its appearance of extreme desolation and lifelessness.[1]

Dismal Island

Dismal Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	68°6′S 68°50′W
Highest elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Dismal Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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Dismal Island (von englisch dismal ‚düster, trostlos, jämmerlich‘, in Argentinien gleichbedeutend Islote Sombrío) ist eine 1,5 km lange, bis zu 60 m hohe und hauptsächlich vereiste Insel in der Marguerite Bay vor der Fallières-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie ist die größte der Faure-Inseln.

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