Depot Island, Victoria Land

Island of Antarctica

76°42′04″S 162°58′12″E / 76.70111°S 162.97000°E / -76.70111; 162.97000Area7 ha (17 acres)Length0.3 km (0.19 mi)Width0.3 km (0.19 mi)AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Depot Island (76°42′S 162°58′E / 76.700°S 162.967°E / -76.700; 162.967) is a small granite island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Cape Ross, off the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 and so named by them because they put a depot of rock specimens on this island.^[1]

Location

Depot Island is a triangular ice-free 7 hectares (17 acres) island that os 200 metres (660 ft) off the coast of Evans Piedmont Glacier, in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It lies about 4 km north of Cape Ross and 10 km south-east of Tripp Island. T he whole island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a small colony of south polar skuas.^[2]

References

^ Alberts 1995, p. 184.
^ "Depot Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

Sources

Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.