Possession Island (Antarctica)

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Possession Island
View from the east of Possession Island (left: Dickson Pillar)
View from the east of Possession Island (left:  Dickson Pillar )
Waters Ross Sea
Archipelago Possession Islands
Geographical location 71 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  S , 171 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  S , 171 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E
Possession Island (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Possession Island (Antarctica)
length 3 km
Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula and Possession Island (bottom right)
Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula and Possession Island (bottom right)

Possession Island (from English possession , property ' ) is an island in the Ross Sea off the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the northernmost and largest island in the group of the Possession Islands, southeast of the Adare Peninsula .

It was discovered during the Antarctic expedition (1839-1843) of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross . With the name, this commemorated the occupation of the island for the British Empire by the hoisting of the Union Jack on January 12, 1841.

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