Sprightly Island
| Sprightly Island | ||
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| Waters | Hughes Bay | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 17 ′ S , 61 ° 4 ′ W | |
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Sprightly Island is an island off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km northwest of Spring Point in Hughes Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , made the first rough measurements of the bay. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after the British sealer Sprightly under Captain Edward Hughes, who had operated in these waters between 1824 and 1825.
Web links
- Sprightly Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sprightly Island on geographic.org (English)