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Somerville Island

Somerville Island Location in Antarctica Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°22′S 64°19′W / 65.367°S 64.317°W / -65.367; -64.317
Archipelago	Wilhelm Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Somerville Island is a small island 7.4 kilometres (4 nmi) southwest of Berthelot Islands and 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) northwest of Darboux Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–1910, under Charcot, and named by him for Crichton Somerville, a resident of Oslo, Norway, who selected and supervised the making of much of the polar clothing and equipment used by the expedition.