Desolation Island (South Shetland Islands)

Desolation Island

Desolation Island and Blythe Bay from Vidin Heights, Livingston Island.
Location of Desolation Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°27′27.9″S 60°20′48.3″W / 62.45775°S 60.34675°W / -62.45775; -60.34675
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	3.12 km2 (1.205 sq mi)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Desolation Island is one of the minor islands in the South Shetlands archipelago, Antarctica situated at the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island. The island is V-shaped with its northern coast indented by Kozma Cove. Surface area 3.12 square kilometres (1.20 sq mi).^[1]

The island was discovered on 15 October 1819 by Captain William Smith in the English merchant brig Williams during his second visit to the islands. The anchorage Blythe Bay at the southeast side of Desolation Island was frequented by the early Nineteenth century English and American sealers.

Location

The island's midpoint is located at 62°27′27.9″S 60°20′48.3″W / 62.45775°S 60.34675°W / -62.45775; -60.34675, with the island lying 6.9 km (4.3 mi) northwest of Kotis Point, 8.7 km (5.4 mi) west of Williams Point and 9.7 km (6.0 mi) north-northeast of Siddons Point. British mapping in 1820 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• Livingston Island
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Map

• L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005

References

1. ^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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