{{Short description|Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox islands | name =Stoker 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 Stoker Island | map_relief = yes | nickname = | location = Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|62|23|50.4|S|59|50|54.1|W|}} | archipelago = South Shetland Islands | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | area_ha = 20 <!-- | area = {{convert|20|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=area></ref> --> | area_footnotes = <ref name=area/> | length_km = 0.55 | width_km = 0.4 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = Antarctica | treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System }} thumb|270px|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
'''Stoker Island''' is a rocky island lying off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending {{convert|550|by|400|m|yd|abbr=on}}, surface area {{convert|20|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> The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after Donald Tait, 'stoker' of the survey motor boat ''Nimrod'' of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in the South Shetlands in 1967.
==Location== The midpoint is located at {{coord|62|23|50.4|S|59|50|54.1|W|}} which is {{convert|2.65|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-southwest of Emeline Island, {{convert|2.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Sierra Island, {{convert|3.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Dee Island, {{convert|3.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Ongley Island, {{convert|4.26|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Romeo Island and {{convert|1.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-southwest of Holmes Rock (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
==See also== {{colbegin}} * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * Greenwich Island * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * South Shetland Islands * Territorial claims in Antarctica {{colend}}
==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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