Southern Ocean
60°58′S 55°24′W
Seal Islands
Part of South Shetland Islands
The Seal Islands (also known as Îles des Phoques, Islas Foca, Islotes Foca and Seal Rocks) are a group of small islands and rocky islets lying about 7 km north and north-west of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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Overview
The Seal Islands (also known as Îles des Phoques, Islas Foca, Islotes Foca and Seal Rocks) are a group of small islands and rocky islets lying about 7 km north and north-west of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. They extend east–west for about 5 km, and are separated from Elephant Island by Sealers Passage. The group takes its name from the largest island, which Captain William Smith named Seal Island in 1820 because of the number of seals killed there.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands0
- Islets8
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.22 km²
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
Islets
- Unnamed island0.08 km²
- Unnamed island0.07 km²
- Unnamed island0.05 km²
- Unnamed island0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
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To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 0.22 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Seal Island field camp corp2973. NOAA Photo Library / CC BY 2.0