Sinclair Island (Antarctica)
| Sinclair Island | ||
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| Waters | Bismarck Street | |
| Archipelago | Wauwermans Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 54 ′ 31 ″ S , 63 ° 51 ′ 55 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
Sinclair Island ( Spanish Isla Sinclair , in the United Kingdom Chaucer Island ) is a 1.5 km long island in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of Wauwermans Islands , it is 2.5 km northeast of Reeve Island .
Argentine scientists mapped it in 1950. The island was named in 1956 after Enrique Sinclair (1805-1904), a New York City- born protagonist of the Argentine War of Independence. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the name into English in 1965. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, however, named it in 1959 after the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 / 43-1400).
Web links
- Sinclair Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sinclair Island on geographic.org (English)