 Barrientos Island from English Strait | |
 Location of Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands. | |
  Barrientos Island Location of Barrientos Island  Barrientos Island Barrientos Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°24′22″S 59°44′53″W / 62.40611°S 59.74806°W |
| Archipelago | Aitcho group |
| Area | 0.9234 km2 (0.3565 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.71 km (1.063 mi) |
| Width | 0.54 km (0.336 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Barrientos Island is a small, ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.71 by 0.54 km (1.063 by 0.336 mi), surface area 65 hectares (160 acres).[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. Barrientos Island is a popular tourist site frequented by Antarctic cruise ships.
The feature was named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition in 1949.
- ^ 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)