Sierra Island

Sierra Island (62°24′S 59°48′W) is a narrow island which is marked by a series of small elevations throughout its length, lying 0.5 miles (0.8 km) northwest of Dee Island and north of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area 14 hectares (35 acres).[1]

Sierra Island

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Sierra Island Location of Sierra Island Sierra Island Sierra Island (Antarctica)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°24′S 59°48′W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	14 ha (35 acres)[1]
Length	0.5 mi (0.8 km)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Named by the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950–51, after Sgt. Victor Sierra, sick-bay attendant of the patrol ship Lientur on the expedition.

See also

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

References

1. 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

External links

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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