Robertson Island is an
ice-covered
island, long in a northwest-southeast direction and wide, lying at the east end of the
Seal Nunataks off the east 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 ...
. Captain
Carl Anton Larsen discovered Robertson Island from the
''Jason'' on 9 December 1893.
Curious to find out if the volcano was active he skied to the top from the north side of the island, later naming it Mt. Christensen after his longtime partner and majority owner of the ''Jason'',
Christen Christensen.
Larsen named Robertson Island for William Robertson, co-owner of the Hamburg-based company Woltereck and Robertson.
San Roque Refuge
San Roque Refuge () was an Argentine Antarctic refuge located on Robertson Island at the east end of the Foca nunataks off the Nordenskjöld coast east 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 ...
. The shelter was opened on 1 October 1956, and was administered by the
Argentine Army. The refuge had been occupied and used in various operations and currently is inactive. It is one of the 18 shelters that are under the responsibility of the
Esperanza Base, which is responsible for the maintenance and the care.
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Cape Marsh Cape Marsh () is a prominent cape consisting of a rock cliff over high, marking the southeastern extremity of Robertson Island on the edge of the Larsen Ice Shelf off Antarctica. Robertson Island was discovered and roughly charted by Captain C.A. L ...
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic field camps
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List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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SCAR
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
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