Toledo Island

Toledo Island
Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
Toledo Island is located in Antarctica
Toledo Island
Toledo Island
Location on Antarctic Peninsula
Toledo Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Toledo Island
Toledo Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°37′29″S 61°18′04″W / 62.62472°S 61.30111°W / -62.62472; -61.30111
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Toledo Island (Bulgarian: остров Толедо, romanizedostrov Toledo, IPA: [ˈɔstrof toˈlɛdo]) is the southern of two rocky islands in Smyadovo Cove on the west coast of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature is 320 m (1,050 ft) long in east–west direction and 110 m (360 ft) wide. It is separated from Rugged Island to the southeast and Prosechen Island to the north by 40 and 60 m (130 and 200 ft) wide passages respectively. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The island is named after Joaquín de Toledo y Parra (1780–1819), Captain of the Spanish warship San Telmo that sank with 644 men on board off the north coast of Livingston Island in September 1819.