Express Island
Encyclopedia
Express Island is a narrow craggy island
, 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) long, lying close offshore of northwest Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica due north of Greaves Peak
. Surface area 29 hectares (71.7 acre).
Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after the American schooner
Express (Capt. Ephraim Williams), one of the ships in the sealing fleet of Edmund Fanning
and Benjamin Pendleton from Stonington, Connecticut
, which operated in this area, 1820-21.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
, 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) long, lying close offshore of northwest Greenwich Island in 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...
, Antarctica due north of Greaves Peak
Greaves Peak
Crutch Peaks is a conspicuous sharp, dark, double-pointed rocky peak rising to 240 m in the northwest of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
. Surface area 29 hectares (71.7 acre).
Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after the American schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
Express (Capt. Ephraim Williams), one of the ships in the sealing fleet of Edmund Fanning
Edmund Fanning
Edmund Fanning was an American explorer and sea captain, known as the "Pathfinder of the Pacific."-Life:...
and Benjamin Pendleton from Stonington, Connecticut
Stonington, Connecticut
The Town of Stonington is located in New London County, Connecticut, in the state's southeastern corner. It includes the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, Wequetequock, the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic...
, which operated in this area, 1820-21.
See also
- Composite Gazetteer of AntarcticaComposite Gazetteer of AntarcticaThe Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features...
- Greenwich IslandGreenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe 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
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.