Square End Island facts for kids
Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
|
|
 Square End Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Square End Island
Location in Antarctica
Location of Square End Island
|
|
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°10′S 58°59′W / 62.167°S 58.983°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Square End Island is a small island located near Antarctica. It is about 5.6 kilometers (3 nautical miles) north-northeast of the western tip of King George Island. This island is part of the South Shetland Islands.
Explorers from the ship Discovery II gave the island its descriptive name. They were mapping the area in 1935 as part of the Discovery Investigations. The island is uninhabited, meaning no people live there.
Images for kids
-
Williams Point, discovered on 19 February 1819
-
Fragment of George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands
-
Norwegian whaling boat, Half Moon Island
-
Ongal Peak, Tangra Mountains
-
Renier Point
-
South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. Astronaut photo, 2011
-
Elephant seals at Hannah Point
-
Devils Point, Livingston Island, with Morton Strait and Snow Island in the background, and Smith Island seen on the horizon on the right.
-
Chilean base Frei and Russian Bellingshausen (on the right)
-
Bulgarian base Ohridski
-
Camp Byers (International Field Camp)
-
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
%E2%80%93Southern_elephant_seal_(Mirounga_leonina)_01.jpg)
See also
In Spanish: Islas Shetland del Sur para niños
 | Aurelia Browder |
 | Nannie Helen Burroughs |
 | Michelle Alexander |
