Extended arrangement of loops made for Dougherty Island at www.andrewpekler.com/phantom-islands

Dougherty Island - 120º W, 59º S
Captain Dougherty of the English whaling ship James Stewart, discovers the island in 1841 and describes it as 5–6 miles long with a high bluff to the northeast and a valley in the middle covered in snow. Dougherty's discovery is confirmed by English captains in 1859, and 1891. Sailing through the area during Shackleton's Antarctic expedition of 1908–1909, Captain Davis, Chief Officer of the Nimrod suggests that fog banks or icebergs had deceived Dougherty and his successors. Nonetheless, a license granting “exclusive rights to occupy the island for the purposes of removing guano and other fertilising substances” is issued to the Norwegian whaler HJ Bull by the British Government in 1913. 

First appearance: 
1892 British Admiralty Chart of the South Pacific

Last appearance: 
1910 Royal Geographic Society Chart of the voyage of the Nimrod

Dougherty Island

Andrew Pekler