Skua Island () is a roughly triangular island long, lying between Black Island to the southwest and Winter Island and

Galindez Island Galindez Island ( uk, Ґаліндез) is an island long, lying immediately east of Winter Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who ...

to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago.

Location

The Argentine Islands are off the Graham Coast of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

. They are south of the

French Passage French Passage () is a passage through the Wilhelm Archipelago, extending in a northwest–southeast direction between Petermann Island, the Stray Islands, the Vedel Islands and the Myriad Islands to the north and the Argentine Islands, the Ana ...

, west of

Mount Shackleton Mount Shackleton () is a mountain, 1,465 m, with perpendicular cliffs facing west, standing east of Chaigneau Peak between Leay and Wiggins Glaciers on Kyiv Peninsula, the west side of Graham Land in Antarctica. It was discovered by the 1908� ...

on the mainland, north of the

Berthelot Islands The Berthelot Islands are a group of rocky islands, the largest long, lying south-west of Deliverance Point, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste ...

and Grandidier Channel and east of the

Betbeder Islands The Betbeder Islands are a group of small islands and rocks in the southwest part of the Wilhelm Archipelago, west of Cape Tuxen. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Rear Ad ...

Sailing directions

The US Defense Mapping Agency's ''Sailing Directions for Antarctica'' (1976) describes Skua Island and its surroundings as follows:

Exploration and name

Skua Island was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill.

Features

Features and nearby features include:

Finger Point

. Point which forms the southwest end of Skua Island. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill.

Shelter Islands

. Group of small islands lying west of Winter Island. Charted and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill.

Winter Island

. Island long, lying north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Winter Island was named by the BGLE, 1934-37, which made this island the site of its winter base during 1935.

Skua Creek

. Narrow channel between Skua Island and Winter Island. Charted and named Skua Inlet in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill, but in recent years the name Skua Creek has overtaken the earlier name in usage.

Black Island Channel

. Channel wide between Black Island and Skua Island. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill.

Runciman Rock

. Rock marked by breakers, lying east of Black Island at the southeast approach to Black Island Channel. Charted in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill, who named it for Philip Runciman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Whites Southampton Yachtbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, where the ship Penola was refitted before sailing south in 1934.

Leopard Island

. Island long, lying west of the southwest end of Skua Island. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill.

Black Island

. Island long, lying close southwest of Skua Island. Charted and named descriptively in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill.

References

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