Rowett Island
| Rowett Island | ||
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| Waters | Loper Canal | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ S , 55 ° 12 ′ 54 ″ W | |
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| length | 800 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Rowett Island is a small island in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica . It is located in the northern group of the archipelago , immediately southwest of Cape Lookout , the southern tip of Elephant Island .
The uninhabited island is named after John Quiller Rowett (1874-1924), a British businessman and financier of the Quest Expedition (1921-1922) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton , which is therefore also known as the "Shackleton Rowett Expedition".
Web links
- Rowett Island at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)
- A photo from Rowett Island
