Charlton Island, Antarctica Explained

Charlton Island
Map:	Antarctica
Location:	Antarctica
Coordinates:	-66.2167°N 119°W
Population:	Uninhabited
Country:	None
Treaty System:	Antarctic Treaty System

Charlton Island is the westernmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay off Wilkes Land in East Antarctica.

History

The island was mapped from air photographs taken in the course of the US Navy's Operations Highjump (1946–47) and Windmill (1947-48). It was named by Carl R. Eklund for Chief Electronics Technician Frederick E. Charlton, of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The island forms part of the Frazier Islands Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.160 because it supports one of only four known breeding colonies of southern giant petrels on continental Antarctica.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frazier Islands, Windmill Islands, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica . 2013-03-11 . Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 160: Measure 13, Annex . Antarctic Treaty Secretariat . 2008.