Stoker Island

Stoker Island
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Stoker Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Stoker Island
Stoker Island
Location of Stoker Island
Stoker Island is located in Antarctica
Stoker Island
Stoker Island
Stoker Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°23′50.4″S 59°50′54.1″W / 62.397333°S 59.848361°W / -62.397333; -59.848361
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area20 ha (49 acres)[1]
Length0.55 km (0.342 mi)
Width0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Stoker Island is a rocky island lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 550 by 400 m (600 by 440 yd), surface area 20 hectares (49 acres).[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after Donald Tait, 'stoker' of the survey motor boat Nimrod of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in the South Shetlands in 1967.

Location

The midpoint is located at 62°23′50.4″S 59°50′54.1″W / 62.397333°S 59.848361°W / -62.397333; -59.848361 which is 2.65 km (1.65 mi) west-southwest of Emeline Island, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) northwest of Sierra Island, 3.7 km (2.3 mi) northwest of Dee Island, 3.9 km (2.4 mi) northeast of Ongley Island, 4.26 km (2.65 mi) southeast of Romeo Island and 1.7 km (1.1 mi) south-southwest of Holmes Rock (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

See also

Map

References

  1. ^ a b 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


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