Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands)

Penguin Island
Elevation	180 m (591 ft)
Location
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°06′S 57°56′W
Topo map	USGS
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	About 1905

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Length	1.7 km (1.06 mi)
Width	1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Highest point	Deacon Peak
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Penguin Island (also known as Georges Island, Île Pingouin, Isla Pingüino, and Penguin Isle) is an island, 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) wide by 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) long, which lies close off the south coast of King George Island and marks the eastern side of the entrance to King George Bay in the South Shetland Islands. Penguin Island was sighted in January 1820 by a British expedition under Edward Bransfield, and so named by him because penguins occupied the shores of the island.

Penguin Island is capped by Deacon Peak, a basaltic scoria cone. Deacon Peak was last thought to be active about 300 years ago. Petrel Crater, a maar crater, is located on the east side of the island, and is though to have last erupted in or around 1905.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• List of volcanoes in Antarctica
• SCAR
• South Shetland Islands
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

• "Penguin Island". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1900-031. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 

External links

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• on the South Shetland Islands including Penguin Island.