Zigzag Island

Zigzag Island is a small island close off the south coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is descriptive of the island in plan; it is deeply indented, with steep cliff faces.

Zigzag Island

Map of Palmer Archipelago, showing Tower Island
Zigzag Island Location in Antarctica Zigzag Island Zigzag Island (Antarctica)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°36′S 59°52′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Map

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Zigzag Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.