Sub-antarctic islands Sub-antarctic islands Adams Island is a small rocky coastal sub-antarctic island embedded in thick bay ice most of the year, lying at the western side of McDonald Bay, about 17 km (11 miles) west of Mabus Point. Adams Island is located at . Adams Island was discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911- 1914, under Douglas Mawson, and named by him for the boatswain of the expedition ship Aurora. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adams Island, Antarctica"
The Antipodes Islands ( ) are an inhospitable uninhabited island group to the south of—and territorially part of— New Zealand. They lie 650 kilometres to the southeast of Stewart Island/Rakiura. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antipodes Islands"
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 38 miles long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at . Named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache after the city Antwerp in Belgium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anvers Island"
Auckland Island is the main island of the Auckland Islands, an uninhabited archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auckland Island"
The Auckland Islands ( ) form a sub-antarctic archipelago of New Zealand. They lie 465 kilometres from the South Island port of Bluff, between the latitudes 50° 30' and 50° 55' S and longitudes 165° 50' and 166° 20' E. The islands are uninhabited. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auckland Islands"
The Balleny Islands ( ) form a chain of uninhabited, mainly volcanic, islands in the Southern Ocean streching from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group forms a chain that extends for about 160 km in a northwest-southeast direction. The islands are heavily glaciated and are of volcanic origin. Ice tongues project from their slopes into the sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balleny Islands"
Bearing Island (or also Direction Island) is a small island lying midway between Nansen Island and Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Bearing Island is located at ( ). The name Bearing or Direction Island was used for this feature by whalers in the area because the island and a rock patch on Nansen Island were used as leading marks when entering Foyn Harbor from the southeast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bearing Island"
Biscoe Islands is a chain of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending 80 miles in a NE-SW direction. Named for John Biscoe, leader of a British expedition which explored the islands on February 17 and 18, 1832. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biscoe Islands"
The Bounty Islands ( ) are a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand. They are located between 179o 02' and 179o 07' E, and 47o 40' and 47o 45' S, 650 km southeast of the South Island of New Zealand. The group is uninhabited by humans, but heavily populated by penguins and albatrosses. During the 19th century, it was a popular hunting ground for sealers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bounty Islands"
Bouvet Island ( Norwegian: Bouvetøya) is an uninhabited sub- antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope ( South Africa). It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bouvet Island"
Bowman Island is a high ice-covered island, about 24 miles long and from 2 to 6 miles wide, shaped like a figure eight. Bowman Island is located at . Bowman Island rises above the northeastern part of Shackleton Ice Shelf, which partially encloses the island, 25 miles northeast of Cape Elliott. Discovered on January 28, 1931, by British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bowman Island"
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is 33 miles long in a north- south direction, 16 miles wide, and rises to 2,520 m in Mount Parry. Brabant Island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition ( 1897- 1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it after the former province of Brabant, Belgium, in recognition of the support given to the Belgian Antarctic Expedition by its citizens. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brabant Island"
Breaker Island is a small rocky island off Antarctica lying close southwest of Norsel Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Breaker Island is located at . Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because the island causes breakers when the sea is rough. ...more on Wikipedia about "Breaker Island"
Bridgeman Island or Bridgemans's Island or Bridgman Island or Helena Island is an almost circular, volcanic island marked by steep sides, 0.5 miles long and 240 m high, lying 23 miles east of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Bridgeman Island is located at and has an elevation of 240 m. Bridgeman Island is an established name dating back to about 1820. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bridgeman Island (South Shetland Islands)" shortopedia Dreamteam.
Campbell Island is a remote, sub-antarctic island of New Zealand and the main island of the Campbell Island group. Campbell Island is located at . Campbell Island covers 115 km2 and is surrounded by numerous stacks, rocks and islets like Dent Island, Folly Island (or Folly Islands) and Jacquemart Island, the latter being the southernmost extremity of New Zealand. Campbell Island is barren and rocky, rising to over 500 metres in the south. A long fiord, Perseverance Harbour, nearly bisects the island, exiting to the sea on the east coast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Campbell Island"
The Campbell Island group (or Campbell Islands) is a group of sub-antarctic islands, belonging to New Zealand. The Campbell Island group consists of one big island, Campbell Island, and several much smaller islets like Dent Island, Folly Island (or Folly Islands) and Jacquemart Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Campbell Island group"
Christine Island is an island 0.5 mi long which lies 1 mile off the south coast of Anvers Island and 1.5 miles southeast of Bonaparte Point. Christine Island is located at . The name of Christine Island was proposed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist Dietland Müller-Schwarze after his wife Christine Müller-Schwarze, who studied Adélie Penguins with him on the island in 1971- 1972. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christine Island"
Cormorant Island is an island lying off the south side of Anvers Island, 2.5 miles East-southeast of Bonaparte Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. Cormorant Island is located at . Cormorant Island was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1954, but not named. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because of the large number of cormorants on the island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cormorant Island"
Cornwallis Island or Cornwallis Islands or Michailoff's Island is an island 1 mile long, which lies 5 miles northeast of the east end of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Island is located at . The name Cornwallis Island dates back to about 1821 and is now established in international usage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cornwallis Island (South Shetland Islands)"
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, 25 miles long and from 3 to 8 miles wide. The island extends in a general E-W direction, is mainly ice covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to 1,265 meters. Discovered in December 1821, in the course of the joint cruise by Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer, and Capt. George Powell, a British sealer. Named by Powell in honor of the coronation of George IV, who had become King of Great Britain in 1820. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coronation Island"
The Crozet Islands ( French: Îles Crozet or officially Archipel Crozet) are a sub- antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean, part of the French Southern Territories. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crozet Islands"
Cuverville Island or Île de Cavelier de Cuverville is a dark, rocky island lying in Errera Channel between Arctowski Peninsula and the northern part of Rongé Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Cuverville Island is located at . Cuverville Island was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition ( 1897- 1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for J.M.A. Cavelier de Cuverville ( 1834- 1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cuverville Island"
D'Urville Island is the northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, 17 miles long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it is separated by Larsen Channel. D'Urville Island is located at . D'Urville Island was charted in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the Joinville Island group. ...more on Wikipedia about "D'Urville Island, Antarctica"
Danco Island or Isla Dedo is an island off Antarctica, 1 mile long lying in the southern part of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. Danco Island is located at . Danco Island was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897- 1899. Danco Island was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from the Norsel in 1955, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Emile Danco ( 1869- 1898), Belgian geophysicist and member of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, who died on board the Belgica in the Antarctic. The island was recently claimed by a small micronation named Nova-england which can be found at www.novaengland.tk ...more on Wikipedia about "Danco Island"
Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. It is notable for having one of the safest harbors in Antarctica, and for being an active volcano, whose eruption in 1970 caused serious damage to the scientific stations there. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deception Island (South Shetland Islands)" Visit again http://www.shortopedia.com
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