Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)
Nelson Island (historical names Leipzig Island, O'Cain's Island and Strachans Island)[1] is an island 22 kilometres (12 nmi) long and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) wide, lying southwest of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name Nelson Island dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage.
 Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Nelson Island Location in the South Shetland Islands  Nelson Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°18′S 59°03′W |
| Length | 22 km (13.7 mi) |
| Width | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Eco-Nelson Station
Formerly private research station Eco-Nelson is located on Nelson Island,[2] which is one of the South Shetland Islands. The station[3] was founded in 1988[3] by the Czech polar explorer Jaroslav Pavlíček. Since 2017 the installation was devoted to the Czech Antarctic Foundation (https://www.antarcticfoundation.cz/en/) and from 2018 the operator is the Czech Antarctic Research Programme (https://carp.sci.muni.cz/) based at Masaryk University (https://www.muni.cz/en). Until the planned reconstruction is finished, the name of this field campsite/refuge is CZ*ECO Nelson. More info to be found here https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-Nelson (for now in Czech only).
See also
References
- Nelson Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Eco-Nelson
- Pavlíček, Jaroslav (n.d.). "Information in brief for the crew". Retrieved 2 February 2017.
External links
- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
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