Withem Island
| Withem Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 14 ′ S , 59 ° 8 ′ W | |
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Withem Island is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located off the northwestern shore of Nelson Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee initially incorrectly spelled it as Withen Island in 1961 and corrected it in 1990 after Nicholas Withem, captain of the US sealer Governor Brooks from Salem , Massachusetts , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821 would have.
Web links
- Withem Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Withem Island on geographic.org (English)