COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

near head of Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, E of Moureaux Islands, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05 (Lecointe, 1903, chart 5); called Isla Solitario [=lonely island] by AAE because of its mistakenly thought isolated position (Argentina. MM chart Ñ, 1954). Islote Solitario (Argentina. MM, 1956, p.81; Pierrou, 1970, p.668). El Solitario (Argentina. MM, 1957a, p.114). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, named after Mungo Ponton (1802-80), Scottish inventor who, in 1839, discovered that potassium bichromate spread on paper was light-sensitive, an important landmark in the development of photography (APC, 1960, p.6).

Small island lying 1.5 mi SE of Moureaux Islands near the head of Flandres Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. The name "Islote Solitario" appears for the feature on an Argentine government chart of 1954, but has been rejected to avoid confusion with Solitario Island at 6752S, 6826W. The island was renamed by the UK-APC in 1960, for Mungo Ponton (1802-80), a Scottish inventor who discovered in 1839 that potasium bichromate spread on paper is light sensitive, an important landmark in the development of photography.