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Dobrowolski Island
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Dobrowolski Island
Dobrowolski Island
is a small island which lies close to the east coast of
Anvers Island
, southwest of
Ryswyck Point
, in the
Palmer Archipelago
. It was charted in 1927 by
Discovery Investigations
personnel on the
Discovery
, who gave the name "Astrolabe Island". To avoid duplication, the name was changed in 1958 by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
, and the island is now named after
Antoni B. Dobrowolski
, assistant meteorologist of the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
which explored this area in 1898.
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