Skúa, Islote

Skúa, Islote is an island in Antarctica.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Melchior Islands and Gamma Island.

Melchior Islands

Island

Photo: Jorval, Public domain.

The Melchior Islands are a group of many low, ice-covered islands lying near the center of Dallmann Bay between Brabant Island and Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Gamma Island is an island, 1.6 kilometres long, which marks the southwestern extremity of the Melchior Islands in the Palmer Archipelago. This island was first roughly charted and named "Ile Gouts" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but that name has not survived in usage. Gamma Island is situated 3 km northwest of Skúa, Islote.

Bremen Island

Islet

Bremen Island, also known as Zeta Island, is a 1 km2 or 100 ha uninhabited island, part of the Melchior Islands in the Southern Ocean along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Bremen Island is situated 3½ km north of Skúa, Islote.

Skúa, Islote

Type: Island
Also known as: “Skua, Islote”
Category: landform
Location: Antarctica
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Latitude

-64.35° or 64° 21′ south

Longitude

-62.95° or 62° 57′ west

Open location code

377VM22X+2X

GeoNames ID

6625488

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