What is "safety island"

n. An area of roadway from which traffic is excluded so as to provide safety for pedestrians; a traffic island

n. an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians [syn: traffic island, safety isle, safety zone]

Safety Island is a small coastal island east of Cape Daly, Antarctica, south of Auster Islands, and northwest of Landmark Point. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. First visited in 1954 by an ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by R.G. Dovers, and so named because it was the nearest safe camp site to Scullin Monolith.