Elisabethinsel Explained

Elisabethinsel
Map:Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula
Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-65.0775°N -64.115°W
Area Ha:95.12
Length Km:1.6
Width M:880
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Elisabethinsel (Elisabeth Island) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.6 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 880 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 95.12 ha.[1]

The feature was named by German scientists as the result of an Antarctic trip in the southern summer of 1893/94.[2]

Location

Elisabethinsel is located 3.01 km west of the westernmost extremity of Booth Island and 3 km northwest of Pléneau Island. Separated from the adjacent Stego Island on the northwest by a passage narrowing to 52 m at points. British mapping in 2001.

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Notes and References

  1. https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=106864 Elisabethinsel.
  2. J. Petersen. Die Reisen des „Jason“ und der „Hertha“ in das Antarktische Meer 1893/94 und die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse dieser Reisen, mit einer Karte von L. Friederichsen. Mitteilungen der Geographische Gesellschaft in Hamburg, 1895, 245–298