Stoker Island
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).[1] |
| Length | 0.55 km (0.342 mi) |
| Width | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
