Felsite Island

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Depot Island
Topographic map of the Hallett Peninsula (center right) with Felsite Island in front of its isthmus
Topographic map of the Hallett Peninsula (center right) with Felsite Island in front of its isthmus
Waters Edisto Inlet , Moubray Bay , Ross Sea
Geographical location 72 ° 26 '9 "  S , 169 ° 49' 29"  E Coordinates: 72 ° 26 '9 "  S , 169 ° 49' 29"  E
Felsite Island (Antarctica)
Felsite Island
length 1.7 km
width 1 km
Highest elevation 305  m

Felsite Island is a 1.5 km long and up to 305  m high rock island off the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located at the head of Edisto Inlet in the middle of the mouth of the Edisto Glacier on the isthmus of the Hallett Peninsula .

Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958) named them descriptively after the dykes made of cream- colored rock in the otherwise dark sedimentary rock of the island.

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