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Spert Island

Coordinates: 63°51′S 60°57′W / 63.850°S 60.950°W / -63.850; -60.950
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Spert Island
Location of Spert Island
Spert Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Spert Island
Spert Island
Location in Antarctica
Spert Island is located in Antarctica
Spert Island
Spert Island
Spert Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°51′S 60°57′W / 63.850°S 60.950°W / -63.850; -60.950
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Spert Island is an island lying off the west extremity of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901–04. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Thomas Spert, Controller of the King's Ships in the time of Henry VIII, founder and first Master of the Mariners of England, which later became the Corporation of Trinity House.[1]

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Spert Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.