Table Island (South Shetland Islands)
Table Island | ||
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Table Island (top right) | ||
Waters | Drake Street | |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
Geographical location | 62 ° 20 '33 " S , 59 ° 48' 38" W | |
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length | 1.36 km | |
width | 1.03 km | |
surface | 1 km² |
Table Island (from English table , table, table ) is a conspicuously flattened island . It is located 4 km northwest of the western tip of Robert Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The descriptive naming has been known since at least 1822 and is now internationally accepted.
Web links
- Table Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Table Island on geographic.org (English)