Hermit Island (Antarctic)

Not to be confused with Hermite Islands.

For Hermite Island in Australia, see Montebello Islands.

For other uses, see Hermit Island (disambiguation).

Hermit Island is an island nearly 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long, lying 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) southeast of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because a member of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) at the Arthur Harbor station spent some time on this island alone in January 1957, making survey observations.

Hermit Island

Hermit Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°48′S 64°02′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Hermit Island (Antarctic)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.