Hoseason Island
| Hoseason Island | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Strait ( Southern Ocean ) | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 45 ′ 13 ″ S , 61 ° 40 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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| length | 9 km | |
| width | 4.5 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Hoseason Island is an approximately 9 km long and 4.5 km wide island in the northern part of the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located about 20 km north-northeast of Liège Island and 30 km west of Trinity Island . It is separated from Low Island in the Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands by the Bransfield Strait .
The island's name first appeared on a map by seal hunter George Powell in 1828 . It is named after James Hoseason , first mate of the Sprightley under Captain Edward Hughes, who operated in these waters between 1824 and 1825 on behalf of the British whaling company Samuel Enderby & Sons .
Web links
- Hoseason Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hoseason Island on geographic.org (English)