Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands)

Rowett Island

Rowett Island
Location within Antarctic Peninsula Location within Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	61°17′S 55°13′W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Length	0.5 mi (0.8 km)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Rowett Island is a rocky island 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, lying immediately off Cape Lookout, Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Rowett Island is located at 61°17′S 55°13′W. Rowett Island was known to American and British sealers as early as 1822. Rowett Island was named by members of a British expedition (1921-1922) under Ernest Shackleton for John Quiller Rowett, chief patron of the expedition.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica