Express Island
Express Island is a narrow and craggy island, 1.23 kilometres (0.76 mi) long, lying close offshore of northwest Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated due north of Greaves Peak, forming most of the east side of Razlog Cove. Surface area 29 hectares (72 acres).
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Express Island Location of Express Island Express Island Express Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | South Shetland Islands Antarctica |
| Coordinates | Earth 62°26′35″S 59°59′23″W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 29 ha (72 acres) |
| Length | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977 after the American schooner Express (Capt. Ephraim Williams), one of the ships in the sealing fleet of Edmund Fanning and Benjamin Pendleton from Stonington, Connecticut, which operated in this area, 1820–21.
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