Trowbridge Island

Trowbridge Island is an island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Cape Melville in Destruction Bay, off the east coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the sealer Lady Trowbridge (Captain Richard Sherratt) from Liverpool, which was wrecked off Cape Melville on December 25, 1820.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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

Coordinates: 62°0′S 57°39′W / 62.000°S 57.650°W / -62.000; -57.650

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