{{Short description|Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox islands | name = Emeline Island | image_name = Aitcho-Islands-location-map.PNG | image_caption = Location of Emeline Island in the South Shetland Islands | map = Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica | map_caption = Location of Emeline Island | nickname = | location = Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|62|24|S|59|48|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = Aitcho group | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | area_ha = 18 <!-- | area = {{convert|18|ha|acre|abbr=on}} --> | length_km = 0.55 | width_km = 0.32 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 100.0 | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = None | treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System }} thumb|300px|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. '''Emeline Island''' is a conspicuous rocky island rising to over {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island extends {{convert|550|by|320|m|yd|abbr=on}} with a surface area of {{convert|18|ha|acre}}.<ref>L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.] Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}}</ref> The area was visited by early 19th century seal hunters.
The feature is named after the American sealing vessel ''Emeline'' under Captain Jeremiah Holmes, which visited the South Shetlands in 1820–21 and operated from nearby Clothier Harbour.
==Location== The midpoint is located at {{coord|62|23|29.3|S|59|47|35|W|}} and the island lies {{convert|650|m|yd|abbr=on}} northwest of Pasarel Island, {{convert|1.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Barrientos Island, {{convert|2.63|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Dee Island, {{convert|1.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-northeast of Sierra Island, {{convert|2.45|km|mi|abbr=on}} east by north of Stoker Island, {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-southeast of Holmes Rock, {{convert|1.45|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of Bilyana Island and {{convert|650|m|yd|abbr=on}} southwest of Riksa Islands.<ref>British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009</ref>
==See also== *Aitcho Islands *Composite Antarctic Gazetteer *List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S *SCAR *South Shetland Islands *Territorial claims in Antarctica
==Map== *L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer]
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Category:Islands of the South Shetland Islands
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