Lockyer Island

Lockyer Island, Admiralty Sound, Antarctica, from North. Photo taken by Otto Nordenskjöld during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Islands near the north end of Antarctic Peninsula; Lockyer Island is #11

Lockyer Island is an island 2.5 mi long, lying off the south shore of James Ross Island in the SW entrance to Admiralty Sound in Antarctica. Named Cape Lockyer by Capt. James Clark Ross, Jan. 7, 1843, at the request of Capt. Francis R.M. Crozier in honor of the latter's friend, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, Royal Navy. The insularity of the feature was determined by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld in 1902. Coordinates: 64°27′S 57°36′W / 64.450°S 57.600°W / -64.450; -57.600

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lockyer Island

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