Bellingshausen Island

For Bellingshausen in the Society Islands, see Motu One (Society Islands).

For Bellingshausen Station in King George Island, see Bellingshausen Station.

Bellingshausen Island

South Sandwich Islands
Location of Bellingshausen Island
Geography
Coordinates	59°25′S 27°3′W / 59.417°S 27.050°W / -59.417; -27.050
Country
United Kingdom

Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group. It is named after its discoverer, Baltic German-Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen (1778–1852).

The island is a basaltic andesite stratovolcano, and the latest crater, about 152 metres (500 ft) across and 61 metres (200 ft) deep, formed explosively some time between 1968 and 1984. Highest point is Basilisk Peak at 255 metres (837 ft).

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

External links

Photos of the island can be found at:

• http://www.photo.antarctica.ac.uk/external/guest/detail/personal/10005836/1/8
• http://cedric-in-antarctica-2009.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html

References

• "Thule Islands" at Global Volcanism Program
• LeMasurier, W.E.; Thomson, J.W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 

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