Small Island (Antarctica)
| Small Island | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Archipelago | Christiania Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 0 ′ 44 ″ S , 61 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
Small Island (from English small , 'small, insignificant' ) is a 1.5 km long island in the northeastern part of the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of Christiania Islands it is 5 km south of Intercurrence Island .
The island was probably named by James Hoseason, first mate of the Sprightley under Captain Edward Hughes, who operated in these waters for the British whaling company Samuel Enderby & Sons between 1824 and 1825. With the name he possibly alluded to the comparatively small size of the island.
Web links
- Small Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Small Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1437 (English).