Toledo Island


Toledo Island is the southern of two rocky islands in Smyadovo Cove on the west coast of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature is long in east–west direction and wide. It is separated from Rugged Island to the southeast and Prosechen Island to the north by wide passages respectively. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The island is named after Joaquín de Toledo y Parra, Captain of the Spanish warship San Telmo that sank with 644 men on board off the north coast of Livingston Island in September 1819.

Location

Toledo Island is located at, which is south of Cape Sheffield and north by west of Ugain Point. Spanish mapping in 1992 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps