geo.wikisort.org - IslandClarence Island (Russian: остров Шишкова) is the easternmost island in the South Shetland Islands, off the coast of Antarctica. It is claimed by Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, by Britain as part of the British Antarctic Territory, and by Chile as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The name dates back to at least 1820 and is now established in international usage, except for Russia, where it has been known as Shishkova Island since its discovery by Russians in 1821.
Island of the South Shetland Islands
For other uses, see Clarence Island (disambiguation).
Clarence IslandClarence Island seen from the north, with Cape Lloyd and Jubilee Peak in the foreground |
Location of Clarence Island |
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Location | Antarctica |
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Coordinates | 61°12′S 054°05′W |
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Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
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Area | 114.6 km2 (44.2 sq mi) |
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Length | 21.46 km (13.335 mi) |
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Highest elevation | 1,950 m (6400 ft) |
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Highest point | Mount Irving |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System |
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Population | 0 |
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The island is 21.46 km (13.3 mi) long and oriented in a south-southwest to north-northeast direction. Ravelin Ridge and Urda Ridge occupy the interior of the mountainous island. The summit Mount Irving, 1,950 meters (6,398 ft) high,[1][2] rises 6.675 km (4.148 mi) north of Cape Bowles, the southernmost point. The southeast slopes of the two ridges are drained by Dobrodan, Highton, Treskavets, Orcho, and Banari Glaciers, and their northwest slopes — by Skaplizo, Giridava, and Bersame Glaciers. There are two small islands just east of Clarence Island, the northern one is named Sugarloaf Island. Chinstrap Cove lies on the northwest coast of the island, while Istros Bay, Smith Cove, and Kutela Cove lie on its southeast side.[citation needed]
Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition observed and considered landing on Clarence Island after escaping the pack ice of the Weddell Sea but instead landed on nearby Elephant Island. The high point on Clarence Island was reached by members of the Joint Services Elephant Island Expedition in 1970, which also completed a survey of Elephant and Clarence Island.[3]
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See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
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South Shetland Islands |
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Main islands | |
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Other islands | |
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Rocks, stacks, reefs spits and banks | |
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Straits |
- Boyd
- English
- Fildes
- Glogovo
- Hell Gates
- Iglika
- Izgrev
- Klimash
- McFarlane
- Morton
- Mugla
- Neck or Nothing
- Nelson
- Orión
- Osmar
- Smolensk
- Villalón
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Undersea and subglacial features |
- Bransfield Trough
- Macheret Trench
- Orca Seamount
- Quiroga Ridge
- South Shetland Trough
- Vergilov Ridge
- Wordie Seamount
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На других языках
[de] Clarence Island
Clarence Island (spanisch Isla Clarence, russisch Остров Шишкова .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Ostrow Schischkowa) ist die östlichste der Südlichen Shetlandinseln, einer subantarktischen Inselgruppe im Südpolarmeer.
- [en] Clarence Island (South Shetland Islands)
[es] Isla Clarence (Antártida)
La isla Clarence se encuentra en el archipiélago de las islas Shetland del Sur, en la Antártida. Junto a la isla Elefante y otras islas e islotes forman el grupo llamado en la cartografía oficial chilena como islas Piloto Pardo.[1]
[fr] Île Clarence (Îles Shetland du Sud)
L'Île Clarence est la deuxième île en superficie du groupe d'îles que la cartographie chilienne nomme Îles Piloto Pardo, au nord-est des Îles Shetland du Sud.
[it] Isola Clarence
L'isola Clarence (in inglese Clarence Island, in spagnolo Isla Clarence), è un'isola lunga circa 18 chilometri facente parte dell'arcipelago delle Shetland meridionali.
[ru] Остров Шишкова
Остров Шишко́ва[1] (также Кла́ренс, англ. Clarence Island) — крайний восточный остров архипелага Южные Шетландские острова. Ближайший из островов — остров Мордвинова (Элефант). Протяженность острова около 20 км (направление север-юг), высшая точка гора Ирвинг[en] (англ. Mount Irving, 1950 метра над уровнем моря).
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