Located in the Southern Ocean, northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula tip, the hulking mass of Elephant Island was named after the many Elephant seals who call this island home as well as the landscape forming the distinct shape of an elephant’s head. This was the site of the famous Antarctic Expedition and rescue by Ernest Shackleton. The landscape is stark, mountainous and blanketed in large sheets of ice. It is home to migratory seals, Gentoo penguins and other seabirds. It is not usual for tourists to disembark and land on the island due to inaccessibility, but it is best enjoyed from a distance.