Sprightly Island
Geography | |
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Location | Hughes Bay, Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°17′S 61°4′W / 64.283°S 61.067°W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Sprightly Island is an
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the British sealer Sprightly, Captain Hughes, which visited this vicinity in 1824–25.[1]
See also
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
- ^ "Sprightly Island". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Sprightly Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.