Seymour Island

This article is about the island near the Antarctic Peninsula. For the island in Canada's Nunavut Territory, see Seymour Island (Nunavut). For other uses, see Seymour Island (disambiguation).

Seymour Island
Location of Seymour Island
Seymour Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Seymour Island
Seymour Island
Location in Antarctica
Seymour Island is located in Antarctica
Seymour Island
Seymour Island
Seymour Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°14′S 56°37′W / 64.233°S 56.617°W / -64.233; -56.617
ArchipelagoJames Ross Island group
Administration
None
Demographics
Population0
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Geologic map of Seymour Island, Antarctica

Seymour Island or Marambio Island, is an island in the chain of 16 major islands around the tip of the Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America.[2] It lies within the section of the island chain that resides off the west side of the peninsula's northernmost tip. Within that section, it is separated from Snow Hill Island by Picnic Passage, and sits just east of the larger key, James Ross Island, and its smaller, neighboring island, Vega Island.

Seymour Island is sometimes called Marambio Island or Seymour-Marambio Island, taking its resident Argentine base as its namesake (see section, Base Antárctica Marambio, below).

  1. ^ Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
  2. ^ ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land