Sabrina Island
| Sabrina Island | ||
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| Waters | Somow lake | |
| Archipelago | Balleny Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 1.5 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 180 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Sabrina Island is a 1.5 km² and up to 180 m high island in the group of Balleny Islands in Antarctica . It is the largest of three small islands around 3 km south of Buckle Island in the Somow Sea .
The island was named after the cutter with which Thomas Freeman († 1839) accompanied the seal - catching schooner Eliza Scott under John Balleny when the Balleny Islands were discovered in 1839. The Sabrina and her crew were lost in a storm on March 24, 1839.
About a quarter of the island is constantly covered in ice and snow. A steep ridge runs across the island. The coasts are steep, with the exception of a pebble beach in the southwest. The island is home to a breeding colony of Adelie penguins , in which around 200 adult chinstrap penguins were also counted in 2006 . The Cape petrel probably also nests on the rocks of the island . Sabrina Island, Chinstrap Island to the north and The Monolith rock needle to the south are jointly designated as a specially protected area of Antarctic No. 104 ( Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 104 ) in accordance with the environmental protection protocol of the Antarctic Treaty .
New Zealand makes a claim to the island together with the Ross subsidiary area that is not recognized by international law.
Individual evidence
- ^ ASPA 104: Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands . Antarctic Treaty Secretary , 2009, accessed December 23, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Management Plan For Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 104: Sabrina Island, Northern Ross Sea, Antarctica . (PDF 678 kB) Antarctic Treaty Secretary , 2009, accessed on December 23, 2017 (English).
- ^ John Stewart : Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . tape 2 . McFarland & Co. , London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 1345 (English).