Black Island (Ross Archipelago)
| Black Island | ||
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Archipelago | Ross Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 13 ' S , 166 ° 24' E | |
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| surface | 230 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Aurora 1041 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Black Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago in Antarctica . Before Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land it lies about 2 km west of White Iceland , from it by the White Strait is separated.
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered them and named them after their absence of snow. At the northern tip of the island is the main downlink of the US McMurdo station .
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Map sheet with Black Island and White Island in the northeast
Black Island satellite image (center right)
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Web links
- Black Island in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English).
- Black Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey .
- Black Island on geographic.org (English).