Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Heywood Island

(Robert Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 62° 19' 3" S 59° 41' 7" W
largest of several islands WNW of Catharina Point, Robert Island, was roughly charted by Powell, 1821-22, when the name Heywood's Islands or Heywood's Isles was applied collectively to the present feature, Cornwall Island and the islands forming Clothier Harbour, after Capt. Peter Heywood, RN (1773-1831), commanding HMS Nereus off the E coast of South America, 1810-13; formerly a midshipman in HMS Bounty (Capt. W. Bligh, RN), 1786-89, who was detained by the mutineers in the ship, then court-martialled and convicted of mutiny on his return to Britain from Tahiti in 1792, but later pardoned unconditionally.. The group of islands N of Robert Island, then named Heywood Islands, was recharted by Discovery Investigations, 1934-35, when the name Hummock Island was applied descriptively to the largest island. The island was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956. Following study of air photographs, the largest island was re-named Heywood Island and the name Heywood Islands for the group of islands was deleted.