Somerville Island is a small island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Berthelot Islands

Berthelot Islands

The Berthelot Islands are a group of rocky islands, the largest long, lying southwest of Deliverance Point, off the west coast of Graham Land. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Marcellin Berthelot, a prominent...

 and 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Darboux Island

Darboux Island

Darboux Island is an island 1 nautical mile long rising to 270 m, lying 3 nautical miles west of Cape Perez off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for Jean Gaston Darboux, noted French mathematician....

, in the Wilhelm Archipelago

Wilhelm Archipelago

Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.Wilhelm Archipelago consists of a myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the...

. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

, 1908–1910, under Charcot, and named by him for Crichton Somerville, a resident of Oslo, Norway, who selected and supervised the making of much of the polar clothing and equipment used by the expedition.