Torgersen Island

Torgersen

Torgersen Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°46′S 64°5′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	0

Torgersen Island is a small rocky island lying just east of Litchfield Island in the entrance to Arthur Harbour, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Torstein Torgersen, first mate of the Harbor in late February 1955, preceding the vessel Norsel in one of the ship's boats and making soundings.

Birds

The island forms part of the Northern Arthur Harbour Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant seabird breeding colonies.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands