Where in the world would you find 'Dismal Island'?
Dismal Island is an island, 1.9 kilometres (1 nautical mile) long and 60 metres (200 feet) high, which is mainly ice covered and is the largest of the Faure Islands.
It is situated in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land (the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz).
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.
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jack patti go
Good quetion, I missed it, though! I will remeber this!
dmarkc
Don't like the cold enough to look.
Irene Townsend
Corey Taylor, Don't think so Islands generally are in the ocean not in the paddocks. lol
Helga U. Williams
When the picture shows a huge mound that looks like an iceberg, I figured it had to be Antarctica.
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earlepg
Where NOT to go for a pool party.
Jerry Heitzman
Since it was ice-covered I guessed Antarctica!
Char
I missed it too no snow lol
Martha McDowell
A question to test me. Thanks for a challenge
Corey Taylor
I should've known. If it were in New Zealand, there'd have been scene shot there for "Lord Of The Rings"!
Emilia Kosterina
Great question. I learnt. Thank you.
tbear
Great question and info, Rob Farr! A lot of us probably hadn't heard of the island before! Sounds like it came out of a fiction novel! I took double chance and was right on the first one! 😊👍
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blharris, 👍😊
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Kay Eicher, 👍😊
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George Oliver Prince, 👍😊
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Todd Cates, 👍😊