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Rowett Island is a rocky island 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, lying immediately off Cape Lookout, Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Rowett Island is located at 61°17′S 55°13′W. Rowett Island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1822. Rowett Island was named by members of a British expedition (1921-1922) under Ernest Shackleton for John Quiller Rowett, chief patron of the expedition.

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Rowett Island

Rowett Island
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	61°17′S 55°13′W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Length	0.5 mi (0.8 km)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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[de] Rowett Island

Rowett Island ist eine kleine Insel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln in der Antarktis. Sie liegt in der Nordgruppe des Archipels, unmittelbar südwestlich von Cape Lookout, der Südspitze von Elephant Island.

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- [en] Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands)

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[es] Isla Rowett

La isla Rowett es una isla de la Antártida colindante al cabo Lookout, de la isla Elefante, en las islas Shetland del Sur. Está situada a 61°17′S 55°13′O. Tiene 0,8 km de longitud.

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[fr] Île Rowett

L'île Rowett est une île de l'Antarctique, appartenant aux îles Shetland du Sud. L’île a été nommée en l’honneur de l'homme d'affaires John Quiller Rowett qui a financé l’expédition Shackleton-Rowett[1].

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[it] Isola Rowett

L'isola Rowett (in inglese Rowett Island) è un'isola antartica minore localizzata ad una latitudine di 61° 17' sud e ad una longitudine di 55° 13' ovest, nelle immediate vicinanze di cape Lookout, isola Elephant. L'isola era conosciuta dai cacciatori di foche statunitensi e britannici già dal 1822, ma venne intitolata soltanto durante la spedizioni antartica di Ernest Shackleton del 1921-1922 in onore di John Quiller Rowett, sponsor dell'impresa.

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