Coordinates: 51°10′00″S 60°50′00″W / 51.16667°S 60.83333°W / -51.16667; -60.83333
| Elephant Jason | |
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| Location | |
| Elephant Jason | |
| Elephant Jason shown within the Falkland Islands. | |
| Island group: | Jason Islands |
| Names | |
| English name: | Elephant Jason |
| Spanish name: | Pan de Azucar |
| Meaning of names: | English: Island of elephant seals |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | |
| Area rank: | 2,6 Km2 (260 Ha) |
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| Population | |
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Elephant Jason is one of the Jason Islands in the north west Falkland Islands. In Spanish, it is considered one of the "Islas las Llaves" (eastern, Seal Rocks and North Fur Island); such a distinction does not exist in English between the two groups of the islands. It is named for the elephant seal.
Famous quotes containing the words elephant and/or island:
“I asked my mother for fifty cents
To see the elephant jump the fence.
He jumped so high he reached the sky,
And didn’t get back till the Fourth of July.”
—Unknown. I Asked My Mother (l. 1–4)
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)