Matthews Island
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| Location: | 60°45’0"S, 45°8’60"W |
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Matthews Island is one of the Robertson Islands, a group of small islands off Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. It is separated from the south-east point of Coronation Island by The Divide.
Matthews was formerly charted as part of Coronation Island (BA chart 1775, 1956); surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy in January 1957, when its insularity was established; named after Dr Drummond Hoyle Matthews (1931-1997), the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey geologist, Signy, 1956-57; Reader in Marine Geology, Cambridge University, from 1971.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Matthews Island
| The Robertson Islands (part of the South Orkney Islands), in the British Antarctic Territory |
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Atriceps Island • Coffer Island • Matthews Island • Skilling Island • Steepholm |
