Hoseason Island () is an island long and wide, lying west of

Trinity Island Trinity Island or Île de la Trinité or Isla Trinidad is an island long and wide in the northern part of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It lies east of Hoseason Island, south of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, and nor ...

in the

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, Antarctica.

Location

Hoseason Island is in the

to the west of the

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. It is south of

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, west of

and north of the

Christiania Islands The Christiania Islands () are a group of islands and rocks between Liège Island and Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Location The Christiania Islands are in the Palmer Archipelago to the west of the Antarctic Peninsu ...

and

Liège Island Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage ...

. It is northeast of

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, which divides the

Danco Coast The Danco Coast () is the portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard. This coast was explored in January and February 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it ...

from the

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on the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Features include Cape Possession in the northwest and Angot Point in the south.

Name

The name of Hoseason Island, which has appeared on charts for over 100 years, commemorates James Hoseason, first mate on the ''Sprightly'', an Enderby Brothers sealing ship which operated in these waters in 1824–25.

Features

Features and nearby features include:

Chanticleer Island

. A nearly snow-free island, long, lying off the northwest end of Hoseason Island. The island was named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...

(UK-APC) in 1960 after HMS ''Chanticleer'' (Captain Henry Foster), whose party made a landing in this vicinity on 7 January 1829.

Cape Possession

. A cape which forms the west extremity of Chanticleer Island. The name was applied by Captain Henry Foster of the ''Chanticleer'', whose party made a landing in this vicinity on 7 January 1829.

Cape Barrow

. A steep cliff forming the north end of Hoseason Island. The cape appears in rough outline on an 1828 chart published by Richard Holmes Laurie, and was presumably observed in 1824 by James Hoseason, mate of the British sealing expedition under Edward Hughes. It was named by a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828-31, probably for Sir John Barrow, Secretary of the Admiralty, 1804-06 and 1807-45, and founder of the

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. The cape was more accurately charted by the

French Antarctic Expedition The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica. 1837–1840 In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville sailed his ship ''Astrolabe'' alo ...

(FrAE), 1903-05, under

Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor ...

Cetacea Rocks

. Small group of rocks off the northeast side of Hoseason Island. Charted by the

(FrAE) under

, 1908-10. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 after the zoological order Cetacea (whales and porpoises); these rocks lie in one of the chief Antarctic whaling areas.

Stopford Peak

. A peak, high, on the east side of Hoseason Island. First roughly charted and named "Cape Stopford" by Henry Foster in 1829 for Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1768-1847), Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1827-30, where Foster's ship, the ''Chanticleer'', fitted out for the voyage. The most prominent feature on the east side of Hoseason Island is this peak which rises steeply from a straight piece of coast.

Angot Point

. A point which marks the south tip of Hoseason Island. Named by the FrAE under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903-05, for

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, Assistant Director. of the

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and member of the commission which published the scientific results of the expedition.

Croker Passage

. A passage lying between

and

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to the east and Hoseason Island and

to the west, in the Palmer Archipelago. The northern entrance of this passage was very roughly charted and named "Croker Inlet" by Henry Foster in 1829 for

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(1780-1857), Secretary to the Admiralty at that time. The name has since been applied to the whole of this deep water passage, which provides an alternative entrance to the north end of

Gerlache Strait Gerlache Strait or de Gerlache Strait or Détroit de la Belgica is a Channel (geography), channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, explored the ...