Island in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
Location of Lynch Island in the South Orkney Islands. Lynch Island is an island lying in the eastern part of Marshall Bay , close off the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands , Antarctica .
History
The island was roughly charted in 1912–13 by Petter Sørlle , a Norwegian whaling captain, and surveyed in 1933 by Discovery Investigations personnel. The island was resurveyed in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Thomas Lynch, an American sealer who visited the South Orkney Islands in the schooner Express in 1880.[ 1]
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The island has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 110) for its biological values, especially its relatively luxuriant plant communities . The continent's only two flowering plants , Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort , are abundant. The soils associated with the grass swards contain a rich invertebrate fauna.[ 2]
See also
References
public domain material from "Lynch Island" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey .
60°39′S 45°36′W / 60.650°S 45.600°W / -60.650; -45.600
