Rugged Island (South Shetland Islands)

Rugged Island
	Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°38′S 61°15′W / 62.633°S 61.250°W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Length	3 mi (5 km)
Width	1 mi (2 km)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Rugged Island

Fragment of George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands featuring Rugged Island (as 'Lloyds or Rugged Island')

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Rugged Island (in Spanish Isla Rugosa, variant historical names Lloyds Island or Ragged Island) is an island 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, lying west of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Its surface area is 10.4 square kilometres (4.0 sq mi).^[1] The island's summit San Stefano Peak rises to 256 metres (840 ft) above sea level. Rugged Island is located at 62°38′S 61°15′W / 62.633°S 61.250°W / -62.633; -61.250. Rugged Island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years.

^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)

[1] L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)

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