COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

off W coast of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, forming S side of New Plymouth, was charted by nineteenth-century sealers and called Ragged Island in February 1820 by Capt. J.P. Sheffield (Cape Sheffield, q.v.), probably from its indented coastline (Palmer, 1820-21, 12 November 1820; Fanning, 1834, p.431). Ragged Iland [sic] (Palmer, 1820-21). Raged [sic] Island (Burdick, 1820-21, 18 December 1820; [quoting Capt. J. Davis' log of Cecilia] Stackpole, 1955, p.39). Ragid [sic] Island (Burdick, 1820-21, 9 January 1821). The island was later named Rugged Island from its rugged appearance (Palmer, 1820-21; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; [in 62°26'S 61°15'W] BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.18; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; APC, 1977, p.28). Ruged [sic] Island, quoting Capt. C. Burdick's log of Huntress, 20 January 1821 (Stackpole, 1955, p.42). Lloyd(')s or Rugged Island (Powell, chart, 1822a; 1822b, p.4). IÎle Lloyd (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). IÎle Lloyd's, IÎle Rugged (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Ragged Insel, Ragged Eiland, Zacken Insel [=toothed island], Rugged Insel (Weddell, 1827, p.452-54 and third end map). Lloyd's Island (Powell, chart, 1828). Isla Rugged (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Lloyd od Rugged Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Rugget [sic] Insel (Fricker, 1898, map p.122). IÎle Ragged (Gerlache, 1900a, p.389). Isla Bugged [sic] ([Irízar], 1903, map facing p.4). Rugged Ö (HA chart, 1928). Ragged Island (Rugged Island) (USAAF chart 1737, 1946). Isla Rugosa [=rugose island] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.218; Pierrou, 1970, p.639; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.250). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Rugged Eiland (Knapp, 1958, p.584). Isola Rugged (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Rugged (Ragged) Island (USHO, 1963, p.129).

Island 3 mi long and 1 mi wide, lying W of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This island was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years.

Esta isla fue conocida a un mismo tiempo por los cazadores de focas americanos e ingleses a principios del año 1820 y el empleo del nombre Rugged está establecido internacionalmente hace más de 100 años. Mide 3 millas de largo por 1,5 de ancho situada al W de isla Livingston, en las islas Shetland del Sur.