Elephant Island

Elephant

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	61°08′S 55°07′W / 61.14°S 55.12°W / -61.14; -55.12
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	558 km2 (215 sq mi)
Length	47 km (29.2 mi)
Width	27 km (16.8 mi)
Highest elevation	973 m (3192 ft)
Highest point	Mount Pendragon
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean. The island is situated 245 kilometres (152 miles) north-northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1,253 kilometres (779 miles) west-southwest of South Georgia, 935 kilometres (581 miles) south of the Falkland Islands, and 885 kilometres (550 miles) southeast of Cape Horn. It is within the Antarctic claims of Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom.

The Brazilian Antarctic Program maintains a shelter on the island, Goeldi,^[1] and formerly had another (Wiltgen), which was dismantled in the summers of 1997 and 1998, supporting the work of up to six researchers each during the summer.