 Location of Stresher Peninsula on Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula | |
  Malus Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°14′S65°45′W / 66.233°S 65.750°W /-66.233; -65.750 |
| Administration | |
| Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Malus Island is an island 8 kilometres (4.5 nmi) south ofCape Evensen, lying inAuvert Bay off the northwest coast ofStresher Peninsula, inGraham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by theBritish Graham Land Expedition underJohn Rymill, 1934–37, and was named by theUK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for French physicistÉtienne-Louis Malus, who discovered the polarization of light by reflection, a fact subsequently used in the design of snow goggles.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"Malus Island".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey.
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