Rowett Island (South Shetland Islands)

Rowett Island is a rocky island long, lying immediately off Cape [Lookout (South Shetland Islands)|Cape Lookout], Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Rowett Island is located at. Rowett Island was known to American and United [Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British] sealers as early as 1822. Rowett Island was named by members of a United [Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British] expedition under Ernest Shackleton for John [Quiller Rowett], chief patron of the expedition.