List of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Islands

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The Antarctic and surrounding islands

The Antarctic islands or the sub-Antarctic islands include all islands and archipelagos in the South Pacific , the South Atlantic , the South Indian and the Southern Ocean , which are more southerly than the Antarctic Convergence .

Antarctic islands and archipelagos

The largest Antarctic islands are:

Island coordinates	Area (km²)	Height (m)
Alexander I Island 70 ° 46 ′  S , 071 ° 15 ′  W	49,070	2976
Berkner Island 79 ° 20 ′  S , 048 ° 07 ′  W	43,873	975
Thurston Island 72 ° 10 ′  S , 099 ° 00 ′  W	15,700	714
Carney Island 73 ° 56 ′  S , 121 ° 00 ′  W	8,500	862
Roosevelt Island 79 ° 17 ′  S , 162 ° 00 ′  W	7.910	550
Siple Island 73 ° 44 ′  S , 125 ° 12 ′  W	6,390	3110
Adelaide Island 67 ° 12 ′  S , 068 ° 30 ′  W	4,463	2317
Spaatz Island 73 ° 00 ′  S , 075 ° 00 ′  W	4,100	1576
Ross Island 77 ° 30 ′  S , 168 ° 00 ′  E	2,460	3794
James Ross Island 64 ° 10 ′  S , 057 ° 45 ′  W	2,378	1630

Other archipelagos and islands in eastern Antarctica

• Burkett Islands (66 ° 55 ′ S, 50 ° 18 ′ E)
• Adams Island (66 ° 33 ′ S, 92 ° 35 ′ E)
• Balleny Islands (66 ° 55 ′ S, 163 ° 45 ′ E)
  • Buckle Island (66 ° 39 ′ S, 163 ° 12 ′ E)
  • Sabrina Island (66 ° 58 ′ S, 163 ° 17 ′ E)
  • Sturge Island (67 ° 30 ′ S, 164 ° 38 ′ E)
• Dellbridge Islands (77 ° 43 ′ S, 166 ° 12 ′ E)
  • Inaccessible Island (77 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S, 166 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E)
  • Tent Island (77 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S, 166 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E)
  • Big Razorback (77 ° 41 ′ S, 166 ° 30 ′ E)
  • Little Razorback (77 ° 40 ′ S, 166 ° 32 ′ E)
• Beaufort Island (76 ° 58 ′ S, 167 ° 0 ′ E)
• White Island (78 ° 8 ′ S, 167 ° 24 ′ E)
• Black Island (78 ° 7 ′ S, 168 ° 8 ′ E)
• Franklin Island (76 ° 4 ′ 59 ″ S, 168 ° 18 ′ 59 ″ E)
• Coulman Island (73 ° 30 ′ S, 169 ° 45 ′ E)

Other archipelagos and islands in western Antarctica

• Hearst Island (69 ° 25 ′ S, 62 ° 10 ′ W)
• Bear Island (68 ° 9 ′ S, 67 ° 14 ′ W)
• Adelaide and Biscoe Islands (67 ° 11 ′ S, 68 ° 26 ′ W)
• Latady Island (70 ° 45 ′ S, 74 ° 35 ′ W)
• Charcot Island (69 ° 45 ′ S, 75 ° 15 ′ W)
• Peter I Island (68 ° 52 ′ 55 ″ S, 90 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ W)
• Scott Island (67 ° 22 ′ S, 179 ° 52 ′ W)

Sub-Antarctic islands and archipelagos

The sub-Antarctic islands (between about 49 ° south latitude and 66 ° 33 ′ 38 ″ south latitude) include:

The Antarctic Peninsula offshore islands and archipelagos

• Cockburn Island (64 ° 12 ′ S, 56 ° 51 ′ W)
• Devil Island (63 ° 48 ′ S, 57 ° 17 ′ W)
• James Ross Island (64 ° 12 ′ S, 57 ° 45 ′ W)
• Joinville Islands (63 ° 15 ′ S, 55 ° 15 ′ W)
  • Dundee Island (63 ° 30 ′ S, 55 ° 55 ′ W)
  • D'Urville Island (63 ° 5 ′ S, 56 ° 25 ′ W)
  • Joinville Island (63 ° 21 ′ S, 55 ° 40 ′ W)
  • Paulet Island (63 ° 35 ′ S, 55 ° 47 ′ W)
• Lindenberginsel (64 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S, 59 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W)
• Lockyer Island (64 ° 26 ′ 30 ″ S, 57 ° 38 ′ 30 ″ W)
• Nansen Island (64 ° 35 ′ S, 62 ° 6 ′ W)
• Palmer Archipelago
  • Anvers Island (64 ° 36 ′ S, 63 ° 30 ′ W)
  • Brabant Island (64 ° 15 ′ S, 62 ° 20 ′ W)
  • Doumer Island (64 ° 51 ′ S, 63 ° 35 ′ W)
  • Gossler Island (64 ° 42 ′ S, 64 ° 22 ′ W)
  • Goudier Island (64 ° 50 ′ S, 63 ° 30 ′ W)
  • Hoseason Island (63 ° 45 ′ S, 61 ° 39 ′ W)
  • Melchior Islands (64 ° 19 ′ S, 62 ° 57 ′ W)
    • Bremen Island (64 ° 19 ′ S, 62 ° 56 ′ W)
    • Omega Island (64 ° 19 ′ 59 ″ S, 62 ° 55 ′ 59 ″ W)
  • Rosenthal Islands (64 ° 36 ′ S, 64 ° 17 ′ W)
  • Trinity Island (63 ° 45 ′ S, 60 ° 44 ′ W)
  • Two Hummock Island (64 ° 8 ′ S, 61 ° 42 ′ W)
  • Wiencke Island (64 ° 50 ′ S, 63 ° 23 ′ W)
• Seal Islands (65 ° 0 ′ S, 60 ° 13 ′ W)
• Robertson Island (65 ° 10 ′ S, 59 ° 37 ′ W)
• Seymour Island (64 ° 14 ′ S, 56 ° 37 ′ W)
• Snow Hill Island (64 ° 28 ′ S, 57 ° 12 ′ W)
• Vega Island (63 ° 50 ′ S, 57 ° 25 ′ W)

Islands and archipelagos off the coast of East Antarctica

• Bowman Island (65 ° 16 ′ S, 103 ° 6 ′ E)
• Haswell Island (66 ° 31 ′ S, 93 ° 0 ′ E)
• Henderson Island (66 ° 22 ′ S, 97 ° 10 ′ E)
• Masson Island (66 ° 8 ′ S, 96 ° 35 ′ E)
• Windmill Islands (66 ° 21 ′ S, 110 ° 25 ′ E)
  • Holl Island (66 ° 25 ′ S, 110 ° 26 ′ E)

Other islands and archipelagos in the Southern Ocean

• South Orkney Islands (60 ° 40 ′ 55 ″ S, 45 ° 11 ′ 10 ″ W)
  • Coronation Island (60 ° 35 ′ S, 45 ° 37 ′ W)
  • Inaccessible Islands (60 ° 34 ′ S, 46 ° 44 ′ W)
  • Laurie Island (60 ° 43 ′ S, 44 ° 31 ′ W)
  • Powell Island (60 ° 41 ′ S, 45 ° 2 ′ W)
  • Signy Island (60 ° 43 ′ S, 45 ° 35 ′ W)
• South Shetland Islands (62 ° 0 ′ S, 58 ° 0 ′ W)
  • Bridgeman Island (62 ° 4 ′ S, 56 ° 44 ′ W)
  • Clarence Island (61 ° 13 ′ S, 54 ° 6 ′ W)
  • Cornwallis Island (61 ° 4 ′ S, 54 ° 28 ′ W)
  • Deception Island (62 ° 56 ′ S, 60 ° 38 ′ W)
  • Elephant Island (61 ° 1 ′ S, 54 ° 54 ′ W)
  • Gibbs Island (61 ° 42 ′ 20 ″ S, 55 ° 49 ′ 19 ″ W)
  • Greenwich Island (62 ° 31 ′ S, 59 ° 47 ′ W)
  • Half Moon Island (62 ° 35 ′ S, 59 ° 56 ′ 30 ″ W)
  • King George Island (62 ° 2 ′ S, 58 ° 21 ′ W)
  • Livingston Island (62 ° 36 ′ S, 60 ° 30 ′ W)
  • Low Island (63 ° 17 ′ S, 62 ° 8 ′ W)
  • Nelson Island (62 ° 17 ′ 15 ″ S, 59 ° 2 ′30 ″ W)
  • Penguin Island (62 ° 6 ′ S, 57 ° 54 ′ W)
  • Robert Island (62 ° 24 ′ S, 59 ° 30 ′ W)
  • Rowett Island (61 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ S, 55 ° 12 ′54 ″ W)
  • Rugged Island (62 ° 38 ′ S, 61 ° 15 ′ W)
  • Smith Island (62 ° 59 ′ S, 62 ° 30 ′ W)
  • Snow Island (62 ° 47 ′ S, 61 ° 23 ′ W)
• Young Island, Antarctica (66 ° 25 ′ S, 162 ° 17 ′ E)

Islands and archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean

• Bouvet Island (54 ° 26 ′ S, 3 ° 24 ′ E)
• Diego Ramírez Islands (56 ° 30 ′ S, 68 ° 43 ′ W)
• South Georgia (54 ° 19 ′ S, 36 ° 39 ′ W)
  • South Georgia main island
  • Annenkov Island
  • Bird Island
  • Cooper Island
  • Grass Island
  • Pickersgill Islands
  • Welcome Islands
  • Willis Islands
  • Clerke Rocks (55 ° 02 ′ S, 34 ° 41 ′ W)
  • Shag Rocks (53 ° 33 ′ S, 42 ° 2 ′ W)
• South Sandwich Islands (57 ° 45 ′ S, 26 ° 30 ′ W)
  • Traversay Islands
    • Zavodovsky Island 56 ° 30 ′  S , 27 ° 43 ′  W
    • Leskowinsel 56 ° 40 ′  S , 28 ° 10 ′  W
    • Wisokoi Island 56 ° 42 ′  S , 27 ° 12 ′  W
  • Candlemas Islands (sometimes included in the Traversay Islands)
    • Candlemas 57 ° 5 ′  S , 26 ° 39 ′  W
    • Vindication 57 ° 6 ′  S , 26 ° 47 ′  W
  • Centrally located islands
    • Saundersinsel 57 ° 47 ′  S , 26 ° 27 ′  W
    • Montagu Island 58 ° 25 ′  S , 26 ° 23 ′  W
    • Bristol Island 59 ° 2 ′  S , 26 ° 33 ′  W
  • Southern Thule Islands
    • Bellingshausen 59 ° 25 ′  S , 27 ° 3 ′  W
    • Cook Island 59 ° 27 ′  S , 27 ° 10 ′  W
    • Morrell Island 59 ° 27 ′  S , 27 ° 18 ′  W

Islands and archipelagos in the Indian Ocean

• Heard and McDonald Islands (53 ° 02 ′ 30 ″ S, 72 ° 35 ′ 56 ″ E)
• Kerguelen (49 ° 20 ′ S, 69 ° 20 ′ E)

Islands and archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean

• Antipode Islands (49 ° 40 ′ S, 178 ° 46 ′ E)
• Auckland Islands (50 ° 42 ′ S, 166 ° 5 ′ E)
• Bounty Islands (47 ° 45 ′ S, 179 ° 3 ′ E)
• Campbell Island (52 ° 32 ′ 24 ″ S, 169 ° 8 ′ 42 ″ E)
• Macquarie Island (54 ° 30 ′ S, 158 ° 57 ′ E)
• Snare Islands (48 ° 1 ′ S, 166 ° 36 ′ E)

See also

• List of uninhabited islands and archipelagos (Southern Ocean)
• Araguez Island

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BJ Davies, JL Carrivick, NF Glasser, MJ Hambrey, JL Smellie: A new glacier inventory for 2009 reveals spatial and temporal variability in glacier response to atmospheric warming in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, 1988–2009 (PDF; 4.0 MB) . In: The Cryosphere Discuss . 5, 2011, pp. 3541–3594 (English)

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