Hoseason Island

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Hoseason Island

Palmer Archipelago
(British Antarctic Territory)

Location

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Location: 63°42’0"S, 61°42’0"W
Data
Population: Uninhabited

Hoseason Island is an island six nautical miles long and three nautical miles wide, lying 20 nauticla miles west of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, in the British Antarctic Territory.

The island's name, which has appeared on charts for over 100 years, commemorates James Hoseason, first mate on the Sprightly, an Enderby Brothers sealing ship which operated in these waters in 1824–25.

References

The Palmer Archipelago, British Antarctic Territory

Abbott Island • Anvers Island • Auguste Island • Bob Island • Brabant Island • Bremen Island • Buff Island • Chionis Island • Christiania Islands • Chukovezer Island • Cobalcescou Island • Cormorant Island • Davis Island • Dink Island • Doumer Island • Dream Island • Emen Island • Fridtjof Island • Gand Island • Halfway Island • Hermit Island • Hoseason Island • Humble Island • Imelin Island • Janus Island • Kalotina Island • Lapteva Island • Lecointe Island • Litchfield Island • Liège Island • Masteyra Island • Melchior Islands • Ohlin Island • Pabellon Island • Pampa Island • Petrelik Island • Raklitsa Island • Rogulyat Island • Soatris Island • Spert Island • Spume Island • Temenuga Island • Tetrad Islands • Torgersen Island • Tower Island • Trebishte Island • Trinity Island • Tripod Island • Two Hummock Island • Vázquez Island • Vromos Island • Walsham Rocks • Wiencke Island • Yoke Island • Zigzag Island