Bristol Island

Bristol Island

Isla Blanca
South Sandwich Islands
Location of Bristol Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	59°02′S 026°31′W / 59.033°S 26.517°W / -59.033; -26.517
Length	8 km (5 mi)
Country
United Kingdom

Bristol Island is an 8 km (5-mile) long island lying midway between Montagu Island and Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

Its features include Harker Point, Fryer Point, Turmoil Point, Havfruen Peak, Trulla Bluff, Grindle Rock, Wilson Rock, Freezland Rock, Mount Sourabaya, Mount Darnley, and Forsters Passage.

Bristol Island is composed of several active volcanoes with eruptions reported in 1823, 1935, 1936, 1950 and 1956.

History

It was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775 and named in honour of naval officer Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. The first recorded landing was made by Carl Anton Larsen in 1908.

The island remains uninhabited and is administered by the United Kingdom as a British Overseas Territory as part of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands dependency. Along with the rest of the South Sandwich Islands, it is claimed by Argentina in their South Atlantic Islands Department (Islas del Atlántico Sur) of Tierra del Fuego Province. Argentina did not attempt to occupy the island during the Falklands War.

There was also an earthquake nearby in late 2013.

Gallery

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  Bristol Island

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  Captain Carl Anton Larsen

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of volcanoes in South Sandwich Islands

References

• 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.  Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
• Volcano.und.edu
• Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1, By William James Mills
• comcat.cr.usgs.gov

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