Liard Island
| Liard Island | ||
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| Waters | Hanusse Bay | |
| Archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 49 ′ S , 67 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| length | 20 km | |
| width | 12 km | |
| surface | 232.9 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Bridgman 1200 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Liard Island ( English Liard Island , Spanish isla Liard ) is a largely ice-covered island west of Graham Land in Antarctica . It is located between the Antarctic Peninsula and Adelaide Island , from whose coast it is less than 10 kilometers away. Politically, it is now in the Argentine , British and Chilean Antarctic territories , but these claims have been suspended since the Antarctic Treaty came into force .
The 232.9 km² island is mountainous, its highest peak, Mount Bridgman , reaches a height of around 1200 meters, according to other information 1000 meters or 914 meters. In the north of the island lies the approximately 1000 m high Glen Peak .
Web links
- Liard Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Liard Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ United Nations Environment Program: Island Directory , accessed October 12, 2015
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 211 (English).
- ↑ Bridgman, Mount in the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer, accessed February 3, 2017.
- ↑ peakbagger.com: Entry Liard Island High Point, Antarctica , accessed on October 12, 2015
- ↑ Sailing Directions: Antarctica , accessed October 12, 2015
- ↑ Glen Peak in the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer, accessed February 3, 2017