Emma Island is an island 2.8 km (1.5 nmi) long, with bare jagged peaks projecting through an icecap, lying 1.9 km (1 nmi) east of Louise Island and 7.4 km (4 nmi) west of Nansen Island in the southwestern half of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache, and named after his mother, Emma de Gerlache de Gomery.[1]

Emma Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°36′S 62°22′W
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: "Emma Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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