Spert Island

Spert Island

File:Ant-pen-map-Trinity-Island.PNG Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Country
None
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Spert Island () is an island lying off the west extremity of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901-04. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Thomas Spert, Controller of the King's Ships in the time of Henry VIII, founder and first Master of the Mariners of England, which later became the Corporation of Trinity House.

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

External links

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