Toledo Island (Bulgarian: остров Толедо, romanized:ostrov Toledo, IPA:[ˈɔstrof toˈlɛdo]) is the southern of two rocky islands in Smyadovo Cove on the west coast of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature is 320m (1,050ft) long in east–west direction and 110m (360ft) wide. It is separated from Rugged Island to the southeast and Prosechen Island to the north by 40 and 60m (130 and 200ft) wide passages respectively. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Toledo Island
Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
The island is named after Joaquín de Toledo y Parra (1780–1819), Captain of the Spanish warship San Telmo that sank with 644 men on board off the north coast of Livingston Island in September 1819.
Location
Toledo Island is located at 62°37′29″S61°18′04″W, which is 1.23km (0.76mi) south of Cape Sheffield and 300m (980ft) north by west of Ugain Point. Spanish mapping in 1992 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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