Clarence Island is 12 miles (19.3 km) long and the easternmost of the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

 of the British Antarctic Territory

British Antarctic Territory

The British Antarctic Territory is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories. It comprises the region south of 60°S latitude and between longitudes and , forming a wedge shape that extends to the South Pole...

. The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage. Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...

 saw Clarence Island on his famous boat voyage but landed on Elephant Island. It is claimed by Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 as part of "Departamento Islas del Atlántico Sur"

Mount Irving

Mount Irving

Mount Irving is a mountain rising to ca. that is the dominant elevation in the southern part of Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands. A prominent feature, the mountain doubtless was known to sealers in the area in the 1820s. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for...

, 2300 metres (7,546 ft) high, rises 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Cape Bowles, the southernmost point. There are two small islands 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) east of Clarence Island, the northern one is named Sugarloaf Island, at 61°11'S, 054°00'W.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
  Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
  
  
• Territorial claims in Antarctica