Andersson Island, once known as Rosamel Island, is an island located at the eastern end of the Tabarin Peninsula

Tabarin Peninsula

Tabarin Peninsula is a peninsula 15 nautical miles long and 5 to 12 nautical miles wide, lying south of the trough between Hope Bay and Duse Bay and forming the east extremity of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered and charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04,...

, Antarctica.

The island was first named by the French Antarctic Expedition in 1838, who called it le Rosamel in honor of Vice Admiral Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel

Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel

Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel was a French politician and naval officer.Rosamel was born at the Chateau Rosamel à Frencq on June 24, 1774. He was commander of the Pomane in battle against the British...

, French Naval Minister. It was a way point on the second French exploration of the region. Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.-Childhood:Dumont was born at Condé-sur-Noireau...

 put anchor off the island when conditions aboard the Astrolabe

French ship Astrolabe (1817)

The Astrolabe was a horse barge converted to an exploration ship of the French Navy. She is famous for her travels with Jules Dumont d'Urville.The name derives from an early navigational instrument, the astrolabe, a precursor to the sextant.-Legacy:...

and Zelee became overwhelming. The majority of the crew of the Astrolabe had obvious symptoms of scurvy and the main decks were covered by smoke from the ships' fires and bad smells and became unbearable.

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...

 (SwAE) in 1902 named it le de l'Uruguay, after the vessel Uruguay, which had rescued the SwAE party from Snow Hill Island

Snow Hill Island

Snow Hill Island is an almost completely snowcapped island, long and wide, lying off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is separated from James Ross Island to the northeast by Admiralty Sound...

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It was ultimately renamed Andersson Island on November 21, 1949. It was named for Dr. Johan Gunnar Andersson

Johan Gunnar Andersson

Johan Gunnar Andersson , Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist, closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s...

 (1874-1960), a Swedish geologist who had served on the SwAE. The renaming was necessary to avoid confusion with Uruguay Island

Uruguay Island

Uruguay Island is an island 0.5 nautical miles long with a cove indenting its west side, lying between Irizar Island and Corner Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under J.B...

, located off the Graham Coast.