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Tower Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Highest elevation
  
305 m (1,001 ft)

Elevation
  
305 m

Length
  
9 km (5.6 mi)

Population
  
Uninhabited

Island group
  
Palmer Archipelago

Tower Island

Tower Island is an Antarctic island 9 kilometres (5 nmi) long and 305 m (1,001 ft) high, lying 37 kilometres (20 nmi) north-east of Trinity Island and marking the north-east extent of Palmer Archipelago. The Pearl Rocks lie off its west coast.

Contents

Map of Tower Island, Antarctica

The island was named on 30 January 1820 by Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy, who described it as a round island.

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

    • References

    Tower Island Wikipedia
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