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San Telmo Island

Coordinates: 62°28′S 60°49′W / 62.467°S 60.817°W / -62.467; -60.817
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San Telmo Island
Location of Livingstone in the South Shetland Islands
San Telmo Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
San Telmo Island
San Telmo Island
Location of San Telmo Island
San Telmo Island is located in Antarctica
San Telmo Island
San Telmo Island
San Telmo Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°28′S 60°49′W / 62.467°S 60.817°W / -62.467; -60.817
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area22 ha (54 acres)[1]
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Topographic map of Livingston Island.

San Telmo Island (a.k.a. Telmo Island) is an island forming the west side of Shirreff Cove on the north-west coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It has a surface area of 22 hectares (54 acres).[1]

History

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Named by the UK-APC in 1958 after the Spanish vessel San Telmo commanded by Captain Rosendo Porlier, which was the flagship of a Spanish naval squadron bound for Callao (Peru) to reinforce colonial forces there fighting the independence movements in Spanish America. Very severe weather was encountered in Drake Passage in about 61S, 60W, but hawser after hawser parted and she was ultimately left to her fate in about 62S. Some of her spars and her anchor-stock were found by sealers on nearby Half Moon Beach in about 1821.[2]

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

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The island, along with nearby Cape Shirreff, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 149) for the diversity of its plant and animal life, especially its penguin and fur seal breeding colonies.[2]

See also

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Map

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ a b "Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 149: Measure 2, Annex H. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

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