High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wood Island is a conspicuous rocky island in Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica lying southeast of Desolation Island and Miladinovi Islets and forming the south side of Blythe Bay. Surface area 14 hectares (35 acres).) The area was frequented by early nineteenth century English and American sealers operating from Blythe Bay.