Desolation Island (South Shetland Islands)

Desolation Iceland
	View from Vidin Heights to Desolation Island (center) with Miladinovi Islets (left) and Wood Island (front left)
Waters	Hero Bay , Drake Street
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Geographical location	62 ° 27 ′ S , 60 ° 21 ′ W Coordinates: 62 ° 27 ′ S , 60 ° 21 ′ W
Highest elevation	Burel Hill ; 152 m
	Map of Livingston Island with Desolation Island in Hero Bay

Desolation Island (from English desolation , desolation, wasteland ' ) is a V-shaped island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is to the east of the entrance to Hero Bay off the north coast of Livingston Island at a distance of 8 km west of Williams Point .

It was discovered in 1820 by the British navigator Edward Bransfield , who named it after the desolate impression the island made on him.

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