Bellingshausen Island

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Bellingshausen Island

South Sandwich Islands
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)


South Sandwich Islands
Location

Location of Bellingshausen Island

Location: 59°25'S 27°03'W
Data

Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly of the South Sandwich Islands, forming part of the Southern Thule group and close to Thule Island and Cook Island. It is named after its discoverer, the Baltic German / Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen (1778–1852).

The island is a basaltic andesite stratovolcano, and the latest crater, about 500 feet across and 200 feet deep, formed explosively some time between 1968 and 1984.

Outside links

Photographs of the island can be found at:

References

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia: Annenkov IslandBird IslandClerke RocksCooper IslandGrass IslandKupriyanov IslandsPickersgill IslandsSaddle IslandShag RocksSouth GeorgiaWelcome IslandsWillis IslandsTrinity IslandGrassholmBlack RocksBlack Rock
South Sandwich Islands:

BellingshausenBristolCandlemasCookLeskovMontaguSaundersThuleVindicationVisokoiZavodovski