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Coordinates:62°24′S59°30′W / 62.400°S 59.500°W /-62.400; -59.500

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Island of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean

For the island in the South China Sea, seeRobert Island (Paracel Islands).

Robert Island
Geography
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Robert Island Location in the South Shetland Islands Show map of South Shetland Islands Robert Island Location in Antarctica Show map of Antarctica
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°24′S59°30′W / 62.400°S 59.500°W /-62.400; -59.500
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	132 km² (51 sq mi)
Length	11 mi (18 km)
Width	8 mi (13 km)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	0


Punta Prat Lighthouse
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	fiber glass tower
Height	7 m (23 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower
Markings	yellow tower with orange horizontal bands^[1]
Power source	solar power

Focal height	25 m (82 ft)
Range	7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s

Robert Island orMitchells Island orPolotsk Island orRoberts Island is anisland 11miles (18 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide, situated betweenNelson Island andGreenwich Island in theSouth Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Robert Island is located at62°24′S59°30′W / 62.400°S 59.500°W /-62.400; -59.500. Its surface area is 132 km² (51 sq mi).^[2] The name "Robert Island" dates back to around 1821 and is now established in international usage.

Much of the Coppermine Peninsula in the west of the island is made up by a perchedstrandflat surface that was at sea level in the past.^[3]

Captain Richard Fildes may have named Robert Island for his brigRobert.^[4] Fildes wassealing in the South Shetlands in 1821–1822 until ice destroyed his vessel in March 1822.Fildes Strait is named for him.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Maps

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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.
South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
L.L. Ivanov et al.Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov.Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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^List of Lights,Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans(PDF).List of Lights.United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017.
^L.L. Ivanov.Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010.ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009.ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
^Serrano, Enrique; López-Martínez, Jerónimo (1997)."Geomorfología de la península Coppermine, isla Robert, islas Shetland del Sur, Antártica"(PDF).Serie Científica (in Spanish).47.INACh:19–29. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 11 September 2017. Retrieved11 September 2017.
^Australian Antarctic Data Centre Gazetteer" Robert Island.

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Main islands	Clarence Deception Elephant Greenwich King George Livingston Low Nelson Robert Smith Snow
Other islands	Afala Aitcho Barrientos Bilyana Cecilia Emeline Jorge Kilifarevo Pasarel Riksa Akin Alfeus Araguez Astor Aurelia Barlow Basso Beslen Biruni Boatin Borceguí Bridgeman Cacho Chiprovtsi Cornwall Cornwallis Craggy Dee Desolation Island (South Shetland Islands) Dinea Dioptra Dufayel Dunbar Aspis Balsha Melyane Pogledets Zavala Eadie Express Fregata Gergini Gibbs Glumche Gnomon González Half Moon Heywood Kabile Kaliman Kondor Korsis Låvebrua Meade Cave Pisanitsa Zverino Miladinovi Montufar Ogygia Ongley Onogur Churicheni Grod Kovach Leeve Oescus Osenovlag Redina Svetulka Vilare Penguin Pindarev Pordim Presnakov Prisad Prosechen Pyramid Rogozen Romeo Rotalia Rowett Rugged Saffar San Telmo Seal Sierra Square End Stoker Sugarloaf Table Tatul Tirizis Toledo Treklyano Two Summit Valchedram Window Withem Wood Yrvind Zebil Zed Esperanto Koshava Lesidren Phanagoria
Rocks, stacks, reefs spits and banks	Aim Rocks Alepu Avren Baktriana Ballestilla Bekas Belchin Besson Bizone Bonert Borda Bowler Brahe Bris Buchino Caraquet Chabrier Channel Chaos Chapman Cheshire Chorobates Cone Cosmolabe Cove Cutler Dlagnya Dovizio Dzhegov Eddystone Elemag Eliza Emm Enchantress Folger Frederick Galiche Glozhene Goritsa Grace Graovo Groma Growler Habermehl Hauken Henfield Hetty Hole Holmes Ibar Indian Keep Kianida Knight Koynare Lenoir Letelier Liberty Lientur Limit Livonia Long Low Lynx Lyutibrod Maglizh Makresh Martello Tower Meldia Mellona Milev Mónica Morris Nancy Napier Nessie Nikudin Odometer Okol Opaka Ørnen Orsini Orsoya Parry Patch Passage Patresh Perivol Pig Pingvin Potmess Asses Ears Priboy Rabisha Ramsden Raquelia Reyes Ritchie Rongel Rosales Rusokastro Sail Rock Salient Sally Sewing-Machine Needles Shearer Simms Simpson Sinbad Skrino Stackpole Stewart Suhache Syrezol Telefon Telish Tenorio The Pointers Tooth Triznatsi Troughton Tu Turmoil Tvarditsa Twin Pinnacles Upton Vardim Vergilov Vidal Vietor Vodoley Voluyak Waldseemüller Weeks
Straits	Boyd English Fildes Glogovo Hell Gates Iglika Izgrev Klimash McFarlane Morton Mugla Neck or Nothing Nelson Orión Osmar Smolensk Villalón
Undersea and subglacial features	Bransfield Trough Macheret Trench Orca Seamount Quiroga Ridge South Shetland Trough Vergilov Ridge Wordie Seamount

Antarctica

Geography

Regions	Biogeographic realm Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica ice sheet shield Extreme points Floristic kingdom Islands Ridge A South Pole (region) South magnetic pole West Antarctica ice sheet
Bodies of water	Antarctic/Southern Ocean Lake CECs Lake Mercer Lake Vostok List of rivers McMurdo Sound Ross Sea Weddell Sea
Life	Flora Microorganisms Wildlife Birds Mammals Krill