Steele Island
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Steele Island () is a snow-covered island, 12 miles long from east to west and 10 miles wide, rising above the Larsen Ice Shelf off the east coast of Palmer Land, 12 miles southeast of Cape Sharbonneau. The steeply-sloping sides of the island are crevassed, but no rock is exposed. It was discovered by members of East Base of the US Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, and named for Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver for the East Base.
This article incorporates text from Steele Island, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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