List of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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South Sandwich Islands (57 ° 45 ′ S, 26 ° 30 ′ W)
- Traversay Islands
- Candlemas Islands (sometimes included in the Traversay Islands)
- Centrally located islands
- Southern Thule Islands
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)