Spert Island
| Spert Island | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 51 ′ S , 60 ° 57 ′ W | |
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Spert Island is an island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies in front of the western foothills of Trinity Island , from which it is separated by the 110 m wide Tschajka Passage .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee made the designation in 1960. Namesake is Thomas Spert († 1541), captain of the Mary Rose , the flagship of King Henry VIII , and first Master of the Mariners of England .
Web links
- Spert Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spert Island on geographic.org (English)