Express Island

Express Island

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Express Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	Earth 62°26′35″S 59°59′23″W / 62.44306°S 59.98972°W / -62.44306; -59.98972Coordinates: Earth 62°26′35″S 59°59′23″W / 62.44306°S 59.98972°W / -62.44306; -59.98972
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	29 ha (72 acres)
Length	1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Express Island is a narrow 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).

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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Express Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).