Table Island | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.343°N -59.8083°W |
Archipelago: | South Shetland Islands |
Area Km2: | 1.12 |
Length Km: | 1.4 |
Width Km: | 1.0 |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Population: | uninhabited |
Country: | Antarctica |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Table Island is a conspicuous flat-topped, rocky island lying north of Greenwich Island and north-northwest of the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is rising to over 1500NaN0 and extending 1.4by, with a surface area of 112ha.[1] It is separated from Aitcho Islands to the south-southeast by the 1.9adj=mid1adj=mid wide Klimash Passage.
Turmoil Rock (-62.355°N -59.784°W) is lying 1.322NaN2 southeast of Table Island and 1.65km (01.03miles) north-northeast of Morris Rock. The area was visited by early-19th-century sealers.
The island was descriptively named by sealers from its shape, while the rock was descriptively named from the breakers it creates, following a survey from HMS Protector in 1967.
The midpoint of Table Island is located at -62.343°N -59.8083°W and the island lies 4.852NaN2 northwest of Fort William, Robert Island, 7.91NaN1 north of Dee Island, 2.51NaN1 north of Morris Rock, 4.142NaN2 north by east of Holmes Rock, 6.11NaN1 northeast of Romeo Island, 2.762NaN2 southwest of Potmess Rocks and 4.682NaN2 west by south of Rogozen Island (British mapping in 1820, 1821, 1822, 1935 and 1968, Spain in 1861, Chilean in 1947, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).