&sq=&lang=&file=File:Robert-Island-location-map.png) Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Antarctic_Peninsula_location_map.svg)  Cornwall Island Location of Cornwall Island &sq=&lang=&file=File:Antarctica_relief_location_map.jpg) Cornwall Island Cornwall Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°20′33.4″S 59°42′32.4″W / 62.342611°S 59.709000°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 15 ha (37 acres) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area 15 hectares (37 acres).[1] Mónica Rock (62°20′28.4″S 59°44′27″W / 62.341222°S 59.74083°W) is lying 1.65 km (1.03 mi) west of the island and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) north of Passage Rock, 2.84 km (1.76 mi) east of Table Island and 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Potmess Rocks. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.
The island was named in 1935 by the Discovery Investigations after Cornwall House, where the Admiralty Hydrographic Office was situated at that time. Mónica Rock was charted by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition and named after the elder daughter of First Lieutenant Venturini, a member of the expedition.
- ^ 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