Pyramid Island, South Shetland Islands


Pyramid Island is a conspicuous, pillar-shaped rocky island rising to off the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its surface area is. Cone Rock
is rising to south of the island,
north-northwest of Meade Islands, northeast of Williams Point and
east of Koshava Island, Zed Islands. The vicinity of Pyramid Island was visited on 19 February 1819 during the discovery of the South Shetlands by Captain William Smith in the British brig Williams, and later by early 19th century sealers.
Both the island and the rock were charted and descriptively named by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1935.

Location

Pyramid Island is located at which is northwest of Duff Point, Greenwich Island, north by west of Meade Islands, north-northeast of Williams Point and northeast of Koshava Island, Zed Islands.

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