Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 29 ha (72 acres) |
| Length | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Express Island is a narrow craggy island, 1 km (0.62 mi) long, lying close offshore of northwest Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica due north of Greaves Peak. Surface area 29 hectares (72 acres).[1]
Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after the American schooner Express (Capt. Ephraim Williams), one of the ships in the sealing fleet of Edmund Fanning and Benjamin Pendleton from Stonington, Connecticut, which operated in this area, 1820-21.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Express Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
