COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

in Fildes Strait between King George Island and Nelson Island, was charted by DI in 1934-35 when the name 70 Islets was applied to this island and the two islands to E and S, because two of them were reported to be "70ft high" (Nelson and others, chart, 1935g); following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, and in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after the British sealing ship Dart (Capt. Thomas Duell) from London, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1822 (APC, 1962, p.10; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968). Ilha Dart (Brazil. Península Fildes map, 1984 )

The largest of several small islands lying in the W entrance to Fildes Strait in the South Shetland Islands. This island and the two islands to the E and S of it were first surveyed and named collectively "70 Islets" by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1934-35, because at least two of them were reported to be 70 ft high. The name was rejected by the UK-APC in 1961 and a new name substituted for the largest island in the group. Dart Island is named for the British sealing vessel Dart from London, which visited the South Shetland Islands in about 1823.