Robert Island Explained

Robert Island
Map:	South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Location:	Antarctica
Coordinates:	-62.4°N -89°W
Archipelago:	South Shetland Islands
Area Km2:	132
Length Mi:	11
Width Mi:	8
Population:	0
Country:	Antarctica
Treaty System:	Antarctic Treaty System
Module:	Embed: yes Qid: Q106813667 Foundation: concrete base Construction: fiber glass tower Shape: cylindrical tower Marking: yellow tower with orange horizontal bands

Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island 11miles long and 8miles wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Robert Island is located at -62.4°N -89°W. Its surface area is 132km2.^[1] The name "Robert Island" dates back to around 1821 and is now established in international usage.

Much of the Coppermine Peninsula in the west of the island is made up by a perched strandflat surface that was at sea level in the past.^[2]

Captain Richard Fildes may have named Robert Island for his brig .^[3] Fildes was sealing in the South Shetlands in 1821–1822 until ice destroyed his vessel in March 1822. Fildes Strait is named for him.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Antarctica
• Clothier Harbor
• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Maps

• Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
• South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

Notes and References

1. L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009.)
2. Serrano . Enrique . López-Martínez . Jerónimo . 1997 . Geomorfología de la península Coppermine, isla Robert, islas Shetland del Sur, Antártica . Serie Científica . 47 . 19–29 . es . . 11 September 2017 . 11 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170911205400/http://www.antarticarepositorio.umag.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/718/Serrano,%20L%C3%B3pez-Mart%C3%ADnez_SerieCient%C3%ADfica_1997_n%C2%B047_pp.19-29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y . dead .
3. https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=110895 Australian Antarctic Data Centre Gazeteer" Robert Island.