Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Robertson Islands

(Coronation Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 60° 45' 58" S 45° 7' 59" W
separated from the SE point of Coronation Island by Whale Bay and The Divide, and including from N to S Matthews Island (q.v.), Coffer Island, Steepholm, Skilling Island and Atriceps Island, were roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; further charted by Weddell in January 1823 when the name Robertson Islands was applied to the islands S of Matthews Island, which was then considered to be part of Coronation Island. The islands were further charted by Sørlle in 1912 as Robertson Öyane. The islands were recharted by Discovery Investigations in 1933 but with Matthews Island still shown as the SE peninsula of Coronation Island. Following survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy in January 1957, Matthews Island was recognized as an island and, together with Coffer Island, included in Robertson Islands.