# Webb Island > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Webb_Island > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Webb_Island.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb_Island > Source revision: 1085182339 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Island in Antarctica This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (November 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Webb island, in front of [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island)'s east coast. Click on the picture for a description of the other geographical features in this image. Webb Island is at the centre of this picture, taken from the [Wormald Ice Piedmont](/source/Wormald_Ice_Piedmont) on [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island). Further away and to the left is [Wyatt Island](/source/Wyatt_Island). The mountains in the distance are all on the [Arrowsmith Peninsula](/source/Arrowsmith_Peninsula) of the Antarctic mainland. **Webb Island** ([67°27′S 67°56′W / 67.450°S 67.933°W / -67.450; -67.933](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Webb_Island¶ms=67_27_S_67_56_W_)) is a rocky island in Antarctica, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying in [Laubeuf Fjord](/source/Laubeuf_Fjord) about 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of the entrance to [Stonehouse Bay](/source/Stonehouse_Bay), close to [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island). It was discovered by the [French Antarctic Expedition](/source/French_Antarctic_Expedition) under [Jean Baptiste Charcot](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Charcot), 1908–10, and named by him for Captain (later Admiral Sir) [Richard C. Webb](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_C._Webb&action=edit&redlink=1) of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy), commanding officer of an English cruiser in Argentine waters at that time. ## See also - [List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands](/source/List_of_Antarctic_and_sub-Antarctic_islands) v t e Adelaide Island Stations and bases Rothera Research Station Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base Hills, peaks, and nunatuks Mount Barre Mount Bodys Mount Bouvier Bond Nunatak Dewar Nunatak Mount Ditte Mount Gaudry Hunt Peak Lincoln Nunatak Mount Liotard Mount Machatschek Mount Mangin Mount Reeves Sighing Peak Stokes Peaks Mount Velain Visser Hill Glaciers Horton Glacier Hurley Glacier Shambles Glacier Sheldon Glacier Sloman Glacier Turner Glacier Other inland features Back Cirque Blümcke Knoll Buchia Buttress Fletcher Bluff McCallum Pass Milestone Bluff Reptile Ridge Stork Ridge Window Buttress Wright Peninsula Coastal features Adelaide Anchorage Fuchs Ice Piedmont Hanusse Bay Laubeuf Fjord Marguerite Bay Ryder Bay Stonehouse Bay Wormald Ice Piedmont Off-shore Islands Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island Reefs and banks Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef Rocks Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock Straits Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel v t e West Antarctica Areas Antarctic Peninsula Graham Land Palmer Land Ellsworth Land English Coast Bryan Coast Eights Coast King Edward VII Land Shirase Coast Marie Byrd Land Walgreen Coast Bakutis Coast Hobbs Coast Ruppert Coast Saunders Coast Queen Elizabeth Land Major ice shelves Abbot Ice Shelf Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf Getz Ice Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf Sulzberger Ice Shelf Seas and major islands Amundsen Sea Dean Island Grant Island Siple Island Bellingshausen Sea Adelaide Island Alexander Island Latady Island Rothschild Island Sherman Island Smyley Island Spaatz Island Thurston Island Ross Sea Ross Island Scotia Sea Southern Ocean Anvers Island Brabant Island Charcot Island Coronation Island D'Urville Island Elephant Island Joinville Island King George Island Livingston Island Renaud Island Weddell Sea James Ross Island Hearst Island v t e Antarctica Geography South Pole Antarctic sea ice Climate climate change heat waves Weather Danger Classification Geology Glaciers Ice shelves Ice streams Mountains Places Tundra Volcanoes Regions Biogeographic realm Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica ice sheet shield Extreme points Floristic kingdom Islands Ridge A South Pole (geographic) magnetic West Antarctica ice sheet Bodies of water Lake CECs Lake Mercer Lake Vostok Lakes subglacial McMurdo Sound Rivers Ross Sea Southern Ocean Weddell Sea Life Dinosaurs Flora Microorganisms Wildlife birds mammals krill History Expeditions Heroic Age World War II Colonization COVID-19 pandemic Historic Sites and Monuments Years Politics Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs Military activity National programs Territorial claims Treaty System Elections Society Antarctic English Antarctica Day Crime Demographics Disasters Economy Field camps Firefighting Flags list Food Gateway cities Midwinter Day Organizations Protected areas Religion churches Research stations Telecommunications Time Tourism Transport airports Women Famous explorers Roald Amundsen Richard E. Byrd Douglas Mawson James Clark Ross Robert Falcon Scott Ernest Shackleton Ui-te-Rangiora (legendary) Category Commons Bibliography • Index This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from ["Webb Island"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16349). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey). This Adelaide Island location article is a stub. 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