Brabant Island

Brabant Island
	Brabant Island seen from the ISS , Livingston Island and Deception Island in the foreground
Waters	Southern Ocean ( Dallmann Bay , Schollaert Canal , Gerlache Strait , Bouquet Bay )
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Geographical location	64 ° 15 ′ S , 62 ° 20 ′ W Coordinates: 64 ° 15 ′ S , 62 ° 20 ′ W
length	53 km
width	25 km
surface	976.8 km²
Highest elevation	Mount Parry ; 2520 m
Residents	uninhabited

The Brabant Island ( French Île Brabant , English Brabant Island ) is the second largest island in the Palmer Archipelago . It belongs to the British , Argentine and Chilean Antarctic Territories . The island is located south of the Bransfield Strait between Anvers Island and Liège Island . Its north-south extension is 53 km. It is 25 km wide, has an area of 976.8 km² and in Mount Parry reaches a height of 2520 m (according to another source 2522 m ).

The island , which has not yet been explored due to its inaccessibility, is a volcanic field whose volcanoes were still active during the late Pleistocene (<200 ka BP ).

The Brabant island was named by the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) under Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery after the then Belgian province of Brabant in recognition of the support of its population.

Web links

Brabant Island in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English).
Map of the region .

Individual evidence

^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1182 (English).
↑ Mount Parry. In: Geographical Names. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , accessed December 27, 2017 .
^ Islands of Antarctic Islands - Brabant. In: Island Directory. UNEP , accessed on March 17, 2017 .
^ John L. Smellie et al .: Eruptive environment of volcanism on Brabant Island: Evidence for thin wet-based ice in northern Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Quaternary . In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . tape 231 , no. 1–2 , February 9, 2006, pp. 233-252 , doi : 10.1016 / j.palaeo.2005.07.035 (English).

[1] John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1182 (English).

[2] Mount Parry. In: Geographical Names. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , accessed December 27, 2017 .

[3] Islands of Antarctic Islands - Brabant. In: Island Directory. UNEP , accessed on March 17, 2017 .

[4] John L. Smellie et al .: Eruptive environment of volcanism on Brabant Island: Evidence for thin wet-based ice in northern Antarctic Peninsula during the Late Quaternary . In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . tape 231 , no. 1–2 , February 9, 2006, pp. 233-252 , doi : 10.1016 / j.palaeo.2005.07.035 (English).