Sugarloaf Island (South Shetland Islands)
| Sugarloaf Island | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 13 ′ S , 54 ° 1 ′ W | |
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Sugarloaf Island (from English sugarloaf ' Sugar Loaf ' ) is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is halfway between Cape Lloyd and Cape Bowles off the east coast of Clarence Island .
The descriptive naming of the island goes back to American and British seal hunters and has been established since at least 1822.
Web links
- Sugarloaf Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sugarloaf Island on geographic.org (English)