{{Short description|Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox islands | name = Sierra Island | image_name = Greenwich-Island-location-map.png | image_caption = Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | map = Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica | map_caption = Location of Sierra Island | map_relief = yes | nickname = | location = Antarctica | coordinates = {{Coord|62|24|S|59|48|W||display=inline,title}} | archipelago = South Shetland Islands | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | area_ha = 14 <!-- | area = {{convert|14|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=area></ref> --> | area_footnotes = <ref name=area/> | length_mi = 0.5 | width_mi = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = Antarctica | treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System }} '''Sierra Island''' ({{Coord|62|24|S|59|48|W|}}) is a narrow island which is marked by a series of small elevations throughout its length, lying {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} northwest of Dee Island and north of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area {{convert|14|ha|acre}}.<ref name=area>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>
Named by the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950–51, after Sgt. Victor Sierra, sick-bay attendant of the patrol ship ''Lientur'' on the expedition.
== See also == * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica
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== External links == *[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].
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thumb|300px|left|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
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