Pelseneer Island
![]() ![]() Pelseneer Island Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°39′S 62°13′W / 64.650°S 62.217°WCoordinates: 64°39′S 62°13′W / 64.650°S 62.217°W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Pelseneer Island is an island 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) long and 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) wide, with three prominent rocky peaks projecting through its icecap, lying 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) northeast of O'Neal Point and 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) west of Brooklyn Island in the south-central portion of Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, and named by Gerlache for , member of the and writer of some of the zoological reports of the expedition.
See also[]
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Pelseneer Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Islands of Graham Land
- Danco Coast
- Danco Coast geography stubs