Young Island (Balleny Islands)
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| Waters |
Somow Lake ( Southern Ocean ) |
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| Archipelago | Balleny Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 25 ′ S , 162 ° 24 ′ E | |
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| length | 35 km | |
| width | 7.5 km | |
| surface | 225.4 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Freeman Peak 1340 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Young Island is the northernmost and westernmost of the three large Balleny Islands , which are located in the Southern Ocean about 350 kilometers from the Antarctic mainland. It belongs to the Ross minor area , the Antarctic Territory claimed by New Zealand .
The uninhabited and almost completely glaciated island is about 35 kilometers long in north-south direction and 7.5 kilometers in width in east-west direction. It has an area of 225.4 km² and in Freeman Peak reaches a height of 1340 m above sea level. The Freeman Peak is a stratovolcano and named after Thomas Freeman , the first time the Balleny Islands, more precisely on February 9, 1839 Sturge Iceland entered. Young Island itself was only discovered by John Balleny on February 12, 1839 .
Young Island is just north of the Arctic Circle , about 30 kilometers northwest of Buckle Island . It is surrounded by numerous small islets and rocks, of which Borradaile Island is the largest with an area of 3.5 km².
About 1.7 million years ago, a volcanic eruption of magnitude 7 on the VEI scale occurred on Young Island , during which material with an estimated volume of around 100 km³ was ejected.
Web links
- The Antarctic - Sector 4.20 - Balleny Islands (English; PDF file; 350 kB)
- Young Island in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Young Island - Eruption Details. In: VOGRIPA Database. British Geological Survey , accessed March 24, 2017 .