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Trowbridge Island is an island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Cape Melville in Destruction Bay, off the east coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the sealer Lady Trowbridge (Captain Richard Sherratt) from Liverpool, which was wrecked off Cape Melville on December 25, 1820.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Trowbridge Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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Trowbridge Island ist eine Insel im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Sie liegt 3 km nordwestlich des Kap Melville in der Destruction Bay von King George Island.

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