Hoseason Island is an island long and wide, lying west of
Trinity Island
Trinity Island or Île de la Trinité or Isla Trinidad is an island long and wide in the northern part of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It lies east of Hoseason Island, south of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, and nor ...
in the
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...
, Antarctica. This name, which has appeared on charts for over 100 years, commemorates
James Hoseason
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguati ...
, first mate on the ''Sprightly'', an
Enderby Brothers
Samuel Enderby & Sons was a whaling and sealing company based in London, England, founded circa 1775 by Samuel Enderby (1717–1797). The company was significant in the history of whaling in the United Kingdom, not least for encouraging their ...
sealing ship which operated in these waters in 1824–25.
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See also
* Angot Point Angot Point () is a headland which marks the south tip of Hoseason Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 Septemb ...
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
Islands of the Palmer Archipelago
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