Kemp Island
| Kemp Island | |
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| Location: | 55°2’6"S, 34°44’4"W |
| Highest point: | 800 feet |
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Kemp Island is the largest of the westerly group of the Clerke Rocks. It is a small island, roughly circular with a maximum length of a thousand yards and a double summit, the highest peak being some 800 feet above mean sea level.
The island supports large breeding colonies of Antarctic seabirds.
Kemp Island is named after Arthur Kemp(e), First Lieutenant on HMS Adventure, which accompanied Cook on his second voyage of exploration when he discovered Clerke Rocks in 1775.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Kemp Island