Lion Island
Granite Harbour is a bay in the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 14 nautical miles long, entered between Cape Archer and Cape Roberts. It was discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–04 in the Discovery in January 1902, while searching for safe winter quarters for the ship.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island of Victoria Land
- Also known as: “Lion Island, Victoria Land”
Lion Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lion Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lion Island”
- Chinese: “獅島”
- Dutch: “Lion Island, Victoria Land”
- German: “Lion Island”
- Swedish: “Lion Island, Östantarktis”
- Swedish: “Lion Island”
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