Whale island
| Whale island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 9 '32.4 " S , 58 ° 58' 22.8" W | |
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| length | 180 m | |
| width | 80 m | |
The Whale Island is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies in front of the Fildes Peninsula west of King George Island . South of the Whale island is the Whale Bay and west of the larger several times Square End Iceland . The island is therefore located in the Argentine , British and Chilean Antarctic Territories . However, these territorial claims have been suspended since the Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1961.
In 1984 the island was mapped and named by a German expedition of scientists from the universities of Heidelberg , Karlsruhe and Berlin .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reports on Polar Research No. 24 / November 1985 , p. 14
- ↑ Sources No. 32 and 78 for the directory of German-language geographical names of the Antarctic by the Standing Committee on Geographical Names (StAGN)
Web links
- Whale Island on data.aad.gov.au, accessed on July 27, 2017 (English).
- Whale Island in geonames