Carlson Island
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Carlson Island is a rocky island 1 miles (1.6 km) long and 300 metre high, lying in Prince Gustav Channel
3 miles (5 km) southeast of Pitt Point
, Trinity Peninsula
. It was discovered in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
under Otto Nordenskiöld
, who named it for Wilhelm Carlson, one of the chief patrons of the expedition.
Prince Gustav Channel
The Prince Gustav Channel was named in 1903 after Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden by Otto Nordenskiöld of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.The channel is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula and on the east by James Ross Island...
3 miles (5 km) southeast of Pitt Point
Pitt Point
Pitt Point is a promontory, 90 m high, at the south side of the mouth of Victory Glacier on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945, and named for K.A.J. Pitt, master of the 1944-45....
, Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
. It was discovered in 1903 by 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...
under Otto Nordenskiöld
Otto Nordenskiöld
Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld was a Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.-Biography:...
, who named it for Wilhelm Carlson, one of the chief patrons of the expedition.