Owen Island (South Shetland Islands)
| Owen Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 56 ′ S , 58 ° 23 ′ W | |
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Owen Island is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between Round Point and Pottinger Point just off the north coast of King George Island .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped and named it in 1935. It is believed to be named after Vice-Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774-1857), a hydrograph in the Royal Navy .
Web links
- Owen Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Owen Island on geographic.org (English)