San Telmo Island
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°28′S 60°49′W / 62.467°S 60.817°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Area | 22 ha (54 acres)[1] |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
San Telmo Island (a.k.a. Telmo Island) is an island forming the west side of Shirreff Cove on the north-west coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It has a surface area of 22 hectares (54 acres).[1]
History
Named by the
Half Moon Beach in about 1821.[2]
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The island, along with nearby Cape Shirreff, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 149) for the diversity of its plant and animal life, especially its penguin and fur seal breeding colonies.[2]
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
Map
- L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
- Protected area Cape Shirreff.[permanent dead link] Management Plan and Map.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- ^ a b "Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 149: Measure 2, Annex H. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
This article incorporates public domain material from "San Telmo Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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