
Wood Island
(South Shetland Islands)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 62° 29' 3" S 60° 18' 15" W
S of Desolation Island, Hero Bay, N Livingston Island, was roughly charted in 1820-21 by Fildes, who originally applied the name of Wood to Blythe Bay (q.v.); further charted by Discovery Investigations in 1935; following air photography by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57, so named in order to preserve Fildes' original naming in the area.