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Beagle Island is an island lying northeast of Darwin Island in the Danger Islands off the east end of Joinville Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after HMS Beagle (Captain Robert FitzRoy), due to its proximity to Darwin Island.

Beagle Island

Beagle Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°25′S 54°40′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Wildlife

Beale Island has hundreds of thousands of Adelie penguins nesting during each summer. There are dozens of sheathbills, skuas, and pintados seen on every shoreline. There are leopard seals often seen in the water.[1]

Geology

Beagle Island consists of Mesozoic diorite related to the subduction complex ranging from Antarctica to Alaska during the Cretaceous Period (80-120 million years ago).[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Beagle Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

На других языках

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[de] Beagle Island (Antarktika)

Beagle Island (in Argentinien Islote Sarandí, in Chile Islote Bertil) ist eine Insel in der Gruppe der Danger Islands vor dem östlichen Ende der Joinville-Insel an der Nordspitze der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegt nordöstlich der Darwin-Insel, nördlich von Plato Island und östlich von Peine Island.

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- [en] Beagle Island (Antarctica)

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