Fitzroy Island (Antarctica)

Fitzroy Island

Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	Coordinates: 68°11′S 66°58′W / 68.183°S 66.967°W
Country
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Fitzroy Island is an island 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) east of the southern tip of Stonington Island, lying in Neny Bay at the foot of Northeast Glacier, by which it is partially covered, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The island was presumably first sighted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition, and was roughly charted by them and by the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41. It was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named it for the RMS Fitzroy, a FIDS ship which visited this area in 1947.^[1]

References

1. "Fitzroy Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-25.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Fitzroy Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).