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Heywood Island is the largest of the islands off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after Captain Peter Heywood, RN (1773–1831), commanding HMS ''Nereus'' off the east coast of South America in 1810-13, formerly a midshipman in ''HMS Bounty'' under Captain William Bligh. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour. ==Description== The island lies west by north of Catharina Point, Robert Island, north-west of Hammer Point, Robert Island, north-north-east of Rogozen Island, north-north-east of Fort William, Robert Island and east-north-east of Table Island (British mapping in 1822, 1935, 1962 and 1968, American in 1942, Argentine in 1946 and 1957, Chilean in 1957 and 1971, and Bulgarian in 2009). It is long with a surface area of .〔L.L. Ivanov. (Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. ) Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4〕 It is ice-free, low and horseshoe-shaped, its west coast indented for 1 km by Vrabcha Cove.
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