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The Seal Islands (also known as Îles des Phoques, Islas Foca, Islotes Foca and Seal Rocks) are a group of small islands and rocky islets lying about 7 km north and north-west of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. They extend east–west for about 5 km, [1] and are separated from Elephant Island by Sealers Passage.
Walter W. Hitchens was a Maine State Senator who published a book about Seal Island in 1982, Titled "Island Trek", published by Lancelot Press of Hantsport, Nova Scotia, the book is "an historical and geographical tour of Seal Island...as seen by the author and related to him by Mrs. Winnifred Crowell Hamilton who lived on the Island all her ...
The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on Russian maps. They were given their name by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov, who charted the Northwest Coasts of America (1852, map 24), IRN. They appeared for the first time as "Seal Islands" on an USBF chart in 1888. [1]
The Seal Island Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District located on the islands of St. George and St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea of Alaska. These islands are home to northern fur seal herds which were actively hunted by indigenous populations and later by many nationalities.
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Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will (Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln fünfzig Inseln, auf denen ich nie war und niemals sein werde) is a book by Judith Schalansky originally published in Germany in 2009 by Mareverlag (ISBN 978-3866481176). The atlas contains maps of 50 islands chosen by the author with ...
Seal Island (Augusta, Western Australia) - is a large flat brownish rock, 1.5 km south of Point Matthew. possibly named by George Vancouver in 1791, recorded by Archdeacon in 1878 [9] Status: Seal Island Nature Reserve - National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority Size: approx 4 ha in area - Conservation of Fauna reserve Seal Island
Seal Island is a small island off the northwest coast of Anguilla. It is located two kilometres to the east of the Prickly Pear Cays at 18° 16' N, 63° 9' W, and lies at the centre of the Seal Island Reef System Marine Park. The area is popular with scuba divers. A reef lying between the island and Anguilla can make access more difficult. [1]