Cornwall Island

Local nameCornwall Island
Location

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. Mónica Rock is lying 1.65 km west of the island and 3.4 km north of Passage Rock, 2.84 km east of Table Island and 2 km 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.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_Island_(Antarctica)

Coordinates -62°20'30.634" N -59°42'48.233" E

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