Elisabethinsel (Elisabeth Island) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.6 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 880 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 95.12 ha.[1]
  Elisabethinsel Location in Antarctica  Elisabethinsel Elisabethinsel (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°04′39″S 64°06′54″W / 65.07750°S 64.11500°W |
| Area | 95.12 ha (235.0 acres) |
| Length | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Width | 880 m (2890 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The feature was named by German scientists as the result of an Antarctic trip in the southern summer of 1893/94.[2]
Location
editElisabethinsel is located 3.01 km west of the westernmost extremity of Booth Island and 3 km northwest of Pléneau Island. Separated from the adjacent Stego Island on the northwest by a passage narrowing to 52 m at points. British mapping in 2001.
Maps
edit- British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island. Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Elisabethinsel. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ^ J. Petersen. Die Reisen des „Jason“ und der „Hertha“ in das Antarktische Meer 1893/94 und die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse dieser Reisen, mit einer Karte von L. Friederichsen. Mitteilungen der Geographische Gesellschaft in Hamburg, 1895, 245–298
External links
edit- Elisabethinsel. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
- Elisabethinsel. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Index of German-language Antarctic place-names. Version 2.14, 13.06.2014
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