Inaccessible Island (Antarctica)

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Inaccessible Island
Inaccessible Island from the southeast
Inaccessible Island from the southeast
Waters Erebus Bay
Archipelago Dellbridge Islands
Geographical location 77 ° 39 ′ 30 ″  S , 166 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 77 ° 39 ′ 30 ″  S , 166 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
Inaccessible Island (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Inaccessible Island (Antarctica)
length 1.5 km
width 500 m
surface 60 ha
Highest elevation East Peak
160  m
Residents uninhabited
Dellbridge Islands satellite image. Inaccessible Island lower left. On the right the Erebus glacier tongue
Dellbridge Islands satellite image .
Inaccessible Island lower left. On the right the Erebus glacier tongue

Inaccessible Island is a rocky island belonging to the Antarctic Dellbridge Islands in Erebus Bay on Ross Island . It is located about 1.6 km southwest of Cape Evans . It is the most impressive of the islands because at a height of up to 160  m it is almost always free of snow. It was discovered during the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by Robert Falcon Scott . The island got its name because of the difficulty of reaching it ( English inaccessible , inaccessible).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ geonames.usgs.gov . Inaccessible Island - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Retrieved January 17, 2018
The Dellbridge Islands. Inaccessible Island in the upper center of the picture. In the foreground the Erebus glacier tongue , on the right Cape Evans. In the background the Ross Sea