Charlton Island, Antarctica

Charlton Island is the westernmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay off Wilkes Land in East Antarctica.

Charlton Island

Charlton Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°13′S 110°9′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

History

The island was mapped from air photographs taken in the course of the US Navy's Operations Highjump (1946–47) and Windmill (1947-48). It was named by Carl R. Eklund for Chief Electronics Technician Frederick E. Charlton, of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The island forms part of the Frazier Islands Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.160 because it supports one of only four known breeding colonies of southern giant petrels on continental Antarctica.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands