Taunton Island
| Taunton Island | ||
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| Waters | English Strait | |
| Archipelago | Aitcho Islands ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 23 ′ S , 59 ° 47 ′ W | |
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Taunton Island is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the group of the Aitcho Islands in the English Strait , it lies north of Emeline Island . Together with Bath Island and Cricklewood Island , it forms the group of the Riksa Islands .
It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 2013. It is named after the town of Taunton in Somerset , where the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office was located until 1941 and which has been the headquarters of the authority since 1968.
Web links
- Taunton Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)