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Penguin Island (also known as Georges Island, Île Pingouin, Isla Pingüino, and Penguin Isle) is one of the smaller of the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°06′00″S 57°55′41″W |
| Length | 1.7 km (1.06 mi) |
| Width | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Highest point | Deacon Peak |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Penguin Island | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Coordinates | 62°06′S 57°56′W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Topo map | USGS |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1905 (?) |
History
Penguin Island was sighted in January 1820 by a British expedition under Edward Bransfield, and so named by him because penguins occupied the shores of the island.[1]
Description
The island, which is ice-free and oval shaped, 1.4 km (0.87 mi) wide by 1.7 km (1.1 mi) long, lies close off the south coast of the much larger King George Island, and marks the eastern side of the entrance to King George Bay. It has a shoreline of low cliffs, with a beach on the north coast providing access. There is a small lake in the north-east.[2] It is capped by Deacon Peak, a basaltic scoria cone. Deacon Peak was last thought to be active about 300 years ago. Petrel Crater, a maar crater, is located on the east side of the island, and is thought to have last erupted in or around 1905.[3]
Geology
The island is the top of a Pleistocene-Recent stratovolcano within the Bransfield Basin. The volcano has a base diameter of 8 km, and a height of 350 m.[4] Penguin island is the top third of the volcano. The crater is approximately 150 meters deep and is found above the vent of the volcano. There are two small black volcanic plugs visible in the red cinder cone crater. The Holocene volcano is related to the Shetland subduction zone north of the volcano.[5]
Important Bird Area
The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a wide range of seabirds including a breeding colony of over 600 pairs of southern giant petrels. Other birds nesting at the site include Adélie and chinstrap penguins, Antarctic terns and kelp gulls. Weddell and southern elephant seals regularly haul out.[2]
See also
References
- "Penguin Island". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- "Penguin Island, King George Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.|Club Penguin
- Gonzalez-Ferran, O. (1991). Thomson, M.R.A.; Crame, J.A.; Thomson, J.W. (eds.). The Bransfield rift and its active volcanism, in Geological Evolution of Antarctica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 508–509. ISBN 9780521372664.
- Joseph Holliday, Professor of Geology, El Camino College
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands)". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
External links
- Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty Visitor Guidelines and island description
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Information on the South Shetland Islands including Penguin Island.
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[de] Penguin Island (Südliche Shetlandinseln)
Penguin Island (spanisch Isla Pingüino), auch bekannt als Georges Island, ist eine der Südlichen Shetlandinseln in der Antarktis.- [en] Penguin Island (South Shetland Islands)
[es] Isla Pingüino (Antártida)
La isla Pingüino o Penguin, también llamada isla Georges, es una isla de la Antártida de 1,4 km ancho por 1,7 km de largo, la cual se ubica a 62°06′S 57°52′O y cierra la costa sur de la isla Rey Jorge (ubicada a 1 milla de distancia) y marca el lado este de la entrada a la bahía Rey Jorge en las islas Shetland del Sur.[fr] Île Penguin
L'île Penguin ou île des Pingouins[1] est une île inhabitée de l'Antarctique, appartenant aux îles Shetland du Sud[2]. Elle mesure 1,6 km de long et a la particularité de posséder un cône volcanique. Celui-ci nommé pic Deacon atteignant 170 m d’altitude.[it] Isola Penguin (Shetland Meridionali)
L’Isola Penguin (in lingua inglese: Penguin Island, Isola dei pinguini; varianti del nome: Georges Island, Île Pingouin, Isla Pingüino e Penguin Isle) è una tra le più piccole isole che compongono l'arcipelago delle Isole Shetland Meridionali, in Antartide.[ru] Пенгуин
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