- Source: Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands)
Rowett Island is a rocky island 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, lying immediately off Cape Lookout, Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Rowett Island is located at 61°17′S 55°13′W. Rowett Island was known to American and British sealers as early as 1822. Rowett Island was named by members of a British expedition (1921-1922) under Ernest Shackleton for John Quiller Rowett, chief patron of the expedition.
See also
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
External links
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar pulau antarktik dan sub-antarktik
- Daftar ekspedisi Antarktika
- Sejarah Antarktika
- Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands)
- South Shetland Islands
- List of islands of the United Kingdom
- Rowett
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- List of islands by name (R)
- Voyage of the James Caird
- History of Antarctica
- Southern Ocean
- Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
