Desolation Island (South Shetland Islands)

Desolation Island
	Desolation Island and Blythe Bay from Vidin Heights, Livingston Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°27′27.9″S 60°20′48.3″W / 62.457750°S 60.346750°W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	3.12 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Desolation Island is one of the minor islands in the South Shetlands archipelago, Antarctica situated at the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island. The island is V-shaped with its northern coast indented by Kozma Cove. Surface area is 3.12 square kilometres (1.20 sq mi).^[1]

The island was discovered on 15 October 1819 by Captain William Smith in the English merchant brig Williams during his second visit to the islands. The anchorage Blythe Bay at the southeast side of Desolation Island was frequented by the early nineteenth century English and American sealers.

^ 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)

[1] 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)

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