Chanticleer Island
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Chanticleer Island is a nearly snow-free island, 1 miles (1.6 km) long, lying off the northwest end of Hoseason Island
in the Palmer Archipelago
. The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1960 after HMS Chanticleer
(Captain Henry Foster
), whose party made a landing in this vicinity on January 7, 1829.
Hoseason Island
Hoseason Island is an island 6 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, lying 20 nautical miles west of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago. This name, which has appeared on charts for over 100 years, commemorates James Hoseason, first mate on the Sprightly, an Enderby Brothers...
in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
. The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1960 after HMS Chanticleer
HMS Chanticleer (1808)
HMS Chanticleer was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy. Chanticleer was launched on 26 July 1808. She served in European waters during the Napoleonic Wars and was paid off and laid up at Sheerness in July 1816. She was chosen for an 1828 scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean...
(Captain Henry Foster
Henry Foster (scientist)
Henry Foster was a British naval officer who took part in expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic and made various notable scientific observations....
), whose party made a landing in this vicinity on January 7, 1829.