Feature Name (see definition): Smyley Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14104

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 55' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 078° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.9166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968

Description (see definition): An ice-covered island, 38 mi long and from 8 to 21 mi wide, lying at the S side of Ronne Entrance and just NE of Rydberg Peninsula, Ellsworth Land. The feature is almost wholly surrounded by an ice shelf, which gives an erroneous impression that the island is joined to Ellsworth Land. This larger composite feature was observed from aircraft by members of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, who gave the name "Cape Smyley" to the projecting ice shelf at the NW extremity. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has withdrawn that name on the basis of the 1968 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map of the area and has approved the name Smyley Island for the island described. Named after Captain William H. Smyley, American master of the sealing vessel Ohio during 1841-42. Captain Smyley, in Feb. 1842, recovered the self-recording thermometer left at Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, by Captain Henry Foster of the be 0.5F.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data