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Express Island

Coordinates: Earth 62°26′35″S 59°59′23″W / 62.44306°S 59.98972°W / -62.44306; -59.98972
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Express Island
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Express Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Express Island
Express Island
Location of Express Island
Express Island is located in Antarctica
Express Island
Express Island
Express Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationSouth Shetland Islands
Antarctica
CoordinatesEarth 62°26′35″S 59°59′23″W / 62.44306°S 59.98972°W / -62.44306; -59.98972
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area29 ha (72 acres)
Length1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Express Island is a narrow and craggy island, 1.23 kilometres (0.76 mi) long, lying close offshore of northwest Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated due north of Greaves Peak, forming most of the east side of Razlog Cove. Surface area 29 hectares (72 acres).[1]

It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977 after the American schooner Express (Capt. Ephraim Williams), one of the ships in the sealing fleet of Edmund Fanning and Benjamin Pendleton from Stonington, Connecticut, which operated in this area, 1820–21.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
  2. ^ "Express Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Express Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.