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Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands)

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
0

Island group
  
South Shetland Islands

Archipelago
  
South Shetland Islands

Max length
  
800 m

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 both 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.

Map of Rowett Island, Antarctica

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Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands) Wikipedia