Scott Kelty Island

Scott Kelty Island is located in the central part of the archipelago, 2.5 kilometers west of Cape Sedova on Hooker Island . Islands are separated by the Strait of Mellenius

The island has an elongated shape with a length of 7.5 kilometers and a width of up to 4 kilometers in the central part. The highest point of the island is only 64 meters and the height of the island itself does not exceed 30 meters and only the rock on the eastern end of the island rises above the rest of the island to a height of 64 meters. Most of the island is covered with ice, closer to the coast - low snowfields . Low cliffs are located in the east of the island and along the southeast coast, extensive sandstones and pebbles are located in the western part, and rocky placers are scattered along the north and southwest coast. Two streams, 3.5 and 2 kilometers long, flow down from the central glacier to the west coast. In the east of the island lies a small lake and two more - in the western part.

Nearby small islands

• The Island of the Dead Seal is a tiny island off the north coast of Scott Kelty Island.
• Eaton Island is a small island , only 3 kilometers long, 12 kilometers west of Hooker Island. On a number of maps it is marked, as island Itol. The highest point of the island is 42 meters. Named after the British scientist Alfred Edwin Eaton, who studied the animal and plant world of the Arctic.

Scott-Kelty Island was discovered in 1879 along with Hooker Island by the research ship "Willim Barents", commanded by the polar explorer De Bruyne. The ship's crew had already carried out hydrological work in the Barents Sea region for several seasons in a row. The island was named after the Scottish geographer , Sir John Scott Kelty.

• Map sheet U-39-XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI . Hooker . Scale: 1: 200,000. 1965 Edition