Etna Island is an island with a high summit, lying north of the eastern end of
Joinville Island
Joinville Island is the largest island of the Joinville Island group, about long in an east-west direction and wide, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Antarctic Sound. Joinville Isla ...
, off the northeastern tip of the
Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a British expedition under
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edwa ...
, 1839–43, who so named it because of its resemblance to the volcanic
Mount Etna in Sicily.
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See also
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References
Islands of the Joinville Island group
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