Depot Island, Victoria Land

For other islands of this name, see Depot Island.

Depot Island

South polar skuas breed on the island
Depot Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	76°42′04″S 162°58′12″E
Area	7 ha (17 acres)
Length	0.3 km (0.19 mi)
Width	0.3 km (0.19 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Depot Island (76°42′S 162°58′E) 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.

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.

See also

• List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands

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.