Window Island facts for kids
Location of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°33′55.5″S 61°07′25.3″W / 62.565417°S 61.123694°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 23 ha (57 acres) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Window Island is a small ice-free island off the north coast of Ray Promontory in the northwest of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island has a surface area of 23 hectares (57 acres) and rises to 72 m (236 ft). It was known to the early 19th century sealers operating on Byers Peninsula.
The feature was charted and descriptively named by Captain George Powell in the British sealing vessel Dove which visited the South Shetlands in 1820–22.
Location
Window Island is located at 62°33′55.5″S 61°07′25.3″W / 62.565417°S 61.123694°W which is 3.32 km (2.06 mi) east-northeast of Essex Point, 1.79 km (1.11 mi) northeast of Voyteh Point, 9.16 km (5.69 mi) northwest of Nedelya Point and 20.9 km (13.0 mi) southwest of Cape Shirreff (British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Spanish in 1861 and 1992, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- Islas Livingston y Decepción. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN: 978-954-92032-6-4
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN: 978-619-90008-3-0
