Английская Википедия:Cornwall Island (Antarctica)

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Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area Шаблон:Convert.[1] Mónica Rock (Шаблон:Coord) is lying Шаблон:Convert west of the island and Шаблон:Convert north of Passage Rock, Шаблон:Convert east of Table Island and Шаблон:Convert south of Potmess Rocks. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.

The island was named in 1935 by the Discovery Investigations after Cornwall House, where the Admiralty Hydrographic Office was situated at that time. Mónica Rock was charted by the 1949-50 Chilean Antarctic Expedition and named after the elder daughter of First Lieutenant Venturini, a member of the expedition.

Location

Cornwall Island is located at Шаблон:Coord which is Шаблон:Convert north by east of Fort William, Robert Island, Шаблон:Convert east of Table Island, Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of Rogozen Island and Шаблон:Convert west of Hammer Point, Robert Island (British mapping in 1821, 1822, 1827, 1935, 1968 and 1972, Russian 1831 and 1961, French in 1838, Argentine in 1948 and 1954, Chilean in 1961 and 1971, and Bulgarian in 2009).

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External links

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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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  1. L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. Шаблон:ISBN