Anvers Island
| Anvers Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 36 ′ S , 63 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| length | 74 km | |
| width | 55 km | |
| surface | 2 432 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Français 2761 m |
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| Residents | 20 ward staff (winter) <1 inh / km² |
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| main place | Palmer station | |
The Anvers Island ( French Île Anvers , also Antwerp Island ) is an island in the Sub-Antarctic , off the coast of the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula ( Grahamland ).
Anvers Island is the largest island in the Palmer Archipelago . It is 74 km long and 55 km wide and covers an area of 2,432 km². The highest mountain on the island is Mount Français, 2761 m high .
Between the Anvers Island in the west and the Wiencke Island in the southeast lies the Neumayer Canal , a scenic strait with polar mountain landscapes and steep slope glaciers.
history
In 1830/32 the Anvers Island was sighted by John Biscoe . In 1873/74 Eduard Dallmann explored the waters on the west coast of the island and discovered the Hamburghafen bay and the offshore Gossler and Rosenthal islands .
The island was named Anvers in 1898 by the Belgica expedition led by Adrien de Gerlache after the French name of the province of Antwerp in Belgium . Charcot's first expedition explored the southwest coast of Anvers Island in 1904.
The British station N was located on Anvers Island from 1955 to 1958. After the geological and surveying work had been completed, the station was rented to the nearby American Palmer station in 1963 . The American researchers used the station as a biological laboratory since 1965. During renovation work by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the buildings burned down on December 28, 1971, so that the base for supporting air traffic was also omitted. This part of the activity was relocated to Adelaide Island (BAS Station T) in 1973 after the landing pad for planes on skis became more difficult to use.
In the Antarctic summer of 1990/91, the remaining rubble was removed along with the waste as part of the United States Antarctic Program , only the concrete foundations remained.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 67
- ↑ UNEP Islands (English)
- ↑ Mount Français on Peakbagger.com (English)
- ↑ BAS
