Feature Name (see definition): San Telmo Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13288

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 49' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.8166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): Island forming the W side of Shirreff Cove on the N coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the Spanish vessel San Telmo, which left Cadiz with the Alexandro, Prueba and Very severe weather was encountered in Drake Passage and the the Primeroso-Mariana in about 61S, 60W, but hawser after hawser parted and she was ultimately left to her fate in about 62S. Some of her spars and her anchor-stock were found by sealers on nearby Half Moon Beach in about 1821.

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