Anvers Island

Anvers

NASA image of Anvers Island
Anvers Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°33′S 63°35′W / 64.550°S 63.583°W / -64.550; -63.583Coordinates: 64°33′S 63°35′W / 64.550°S 63.583°W / -64.550; -63.583
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Length	61 km (37.9 mi)
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	~50
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 61 km (38 miles) long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1832 and named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache after the province of Antwerp in Belgium. It lies south-west of Brabant Island at the south-western end of the group. The south-western coastline of the island forms part of the Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA 7). Cormorant Island, an Important Bird Area, lies 1 km off the south coast.

The Palmer Station on Anvers Island is located at (64°46′S 64°03′W / 64.77°S 64.05°W / -64.77; -64.05) and is Antarctica's only U.S. station north of the Antarctic Circle. Construction finished in 1968. Around 50 people can inhabit Palmer Station at one time. The station is named for Nathaniel B. Palmer, likely to have been one of the first three persons to see Antarctica. There are science labs in the station, as well as a dock.