Skart Island
| Skart Island | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Archipelago | Mikkelsen Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 38 ′ 19 ″ S , 68 ° 10 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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| length | 500 m | |
Skart Island is an island about 500 m long west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the largest and highest of the Mikkelsen Islands southwest of Adelaide Island and is one of the breeding grounds for the blue-eyed shag .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018. Skart is a common name on the Orkney Islands for a shit .
Web links
- Latest Additions to BAT Gazetteer . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)