Stoker Island

Stoker Island
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Stoker Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Stoker Island
Stoker Island
Location of Stoker Island
Stoker Island is located in Antarctica
Stoker Island
Stoker Island
Stoker Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°23′50.4″S 59°50′54.1″W / 62.397333°S 59.848361°W / -62.397333; -59.848361
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area20 ha (49 acres)[1]
Length0.55 km (0.342 mi)
Width0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Stoker Island is a rocky island lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 550 by 400 m (600 by 440 yd), surface area 20 hectares (49 acres).[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after Donald Tait, 'stoker' of the survey motor boat Nimrod of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in the South Shetlands in 1967.

  1. ^ a b 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