Bear Island (Antarctica)

For other uses, see Bear Island (disambiguation).

Bear Island

Bear Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	68°10′48″S 67°3′36″W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Bear Island or Isla Teniente González is a rocky island lying 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Stonington Island in Marguerite Bay, off the coast of Graham Land. Bear Island was presumably known to the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) (1934-1937) and the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) Expedition (1939-1941), both based in the Stonington Island area. Bear Island was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for the USS Bear, flagship of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) Expedition which visited this area in 1940.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Bear Island (Antarctica)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.