{{short description|Island of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean}} {{for|the island in the South China Sea|Robert Island (Paracel Islands)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox islands | name = Robert Island | image_name = Robert u map.png | image_caption = Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands | map = South Shetland Islands#Antarctica | map_caption = Location in the South Shetland Islands##Location in Antarctica | location = Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|62|24|S|59|30|W|type:isle_region:AQ_dim:50000|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = South Shetland Islands | area_km2 = 132 | length_mi = 11 | width_mi = 8 | population = 0 | country = Antarctica | treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System | module = {{Infobox lighthouse | embed=yes | qid = Q106813667 | foundation = concrete base | construction = fiber glass tower | shape = cylindrical tower | marking = yellow tower with orange horizontal bands<ref name=listoflights111>{{cite ngall|111|2017|}}</ref> }} }} '''Robert Island''' or '''Mitchells Island''' or '''Polotsk Island''' or '''Roberts Island''' is an island {{convert|11|mi|km|lk=in}} long and {{convert|8|mi|km}} wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Robert Island is located at {{coord|62|24|S|59|30|W|}}. Its surface area is {{convert|132|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-9-5}} (First edition 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}})</ref> The name "Robert Island" dates back to around 1821 and is now established in international usage.
Much of the Coppermine Peninsula in the west of the island is made up by a perched strandflat surface that was at sea level in the past.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Serrano |first1=Enrique |last2=López-Martínez |first2=Jerónimo |date=1997 |title=Geomorfología de la península Coppermine, isla Robert, islas Shetland del Sur, Antártica |url=http://www.antarticarepositorio.umag.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/718/Serrano,%20L%C3%B3pez-Mart%C3%ADnez_SerieCient%C3%ADfica_1997_n%C2%B047_pp.19-29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=Serie Científica |volume=47 |pages=19–29 |language=es |publisher=INACh |access-date=11 September 2017 |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911205400/http://www.antarticarepositorio.umag.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/718/Serrano,%20L%C3%B3pez-Mart%C3%ADnez_SerieCient%C3%ADfica_1997_n%C2%B047_pp.19-29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Captain Richard Fildes may have named Robert Island for his brig {{ship||Robert|1814 ship|2}}.<ref>[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=110895 Australian Antarctic Data Centre Gazetteer" Robert Island.]</ref> Fildes was sealing in the South Shetlands in 1821–1822 until ice destroyed his vessel in March 1822. Fildes Strait is named for him. thumb|350px|center|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
== See also == * List of lighthouses in Antarctica * Clothier Harbor * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica
==Maps== * [http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE3753004 Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.] from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822. * [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3373 South Shetland Islands.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968. * 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. * L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424075823/http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg |date=24 April 2008 }}. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}} * [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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