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Vedel Islands
Vedel Islands is a group of small islands lying west of Hovgaard Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The largest island of this group was discovered in 1898 and given the name Vedel by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot charted the remaining islands in 1904, and again in 1909, when the name was extended to include the entire group. Islands in the group * Bager Island * Friedburginsel * Kamera Island * Klamer Island * Kormoran Island * Kostenurka Island * Lapa Island * Pate Island Pate (Paté) Island () is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga in the former Coast Province. T ... * Rak Island See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago {{WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of . Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of . Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost . Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, . The coastal regions can reach temperatures over in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Archipelago
The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873–74. He named them for Wilhelm I, then German Emperor and King of Prussia. Island groups * Anagram Islands * Argentine Islands * Betbeder Islands * Cruls Islands * Dannebrog Islands * Myriad Islands * Roca Islands * Vedel Islands * Wauwermans Islands * Yalour Islands See also * Ambrose Rocks * Bradley Rock * Guéguen Point * Petermann Island * Southwind Passage Southwind Passage () is a navigable passage between Betbeder Islands and Dickens Rocks, located at the north extremity of the Biscoe Islands Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Treaty System
russian: link=no, Договор об Антарктике es, link=no, Tratado Antártico , name = Antarctic Treaty System , image = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svgborder , image_width = 180px , caption = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty System , type = Condominium , date_drafted = , date_signed = December 1, 1959"Antarctic Treaty" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 439. , location_signed = Washington, D.C., United States , date_sealed = , date_effective = June 23, 1961 , condition_effective = Ratification of all 12 signatories , date_expiration = , signatories = 12 , parties = 55 , depositor = Federal government of the United States , languages = English, French, Russian, and Spanish , wikisource = Antarctic Treaty The Antarctic Treaty an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hovgaard Island
Hovgaard Island is an island long, lying off the northwest coast of Kyiv Peninsula, southwest of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered and named "Krogmann-Insel" (Krogmann Island) by the German 1873–74 expedition under Eduard Dallmann, but the name Hovgaard, after Polar explorer and officer of the Danish Navy Andreas Hovgaard,Hovgaard Ø. In: Anthony K. Higgins: ''Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland.'' Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin Bd. 21, 2010. Copenhagen 2010, applied by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, has overtaken the original name in usage. The name Krogmann Point has been given to the western extremity of Hovgaard Island. Hovgaard Island is a popular location for camping in Antarctica among expedition groups due to the presence of a relatively flat campsite along Penola Strait. Campers dig "snow graves" to sleep in. The holes offer protection from the wind. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the first expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Among its members were Frederick Cook and Roald Amundsen, explorers who would later attempt the respective conquests of the North and South Poles. Preparation and surveying In 1896, after a period of intensive lobbying, Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery purchased the Norwegian-built whaling ship ''Patria'', which, following an extensive refit, he renamed . Gerlache had worked together with the Geographical Society of Brussels to organize a national subscription, but was able to outfit his expedition only after the Belgian government voted in favor of two large subsidies, making it a state-supported undertaking. With a multinational crew that included Roald Amundsen from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica. First expedition In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fabled Terra Australis. Kerguelen-Trémarec took possession of various Antarctic territories for France, including what would later be called the Kerguelen Islands. In Kerguelen-Trémarec's report to King Louis XV, he greatly overestimated the value of the Kerguelen Islands. The King sent him on a second expedition to Kerguelen in late 1773. When it became clear that these islands were desolate, useless, and not the Terra Australis, he was sent to prison. Second expedition In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville sailed his ship ''Astrolabe'' along a coastal area of Antarctica which he later named Adélie Land, in honor of his wife. During the Antarctic part of this expedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bager Island
Vedel Islands is a group of small islands lying west of Hovgaard Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The largest island of this group was discovered in 1898 and given the name Vedel by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot charted the remaining islands in 1904, and again in 1909, when the name was extended to include the entire group. Islands in the group * Bager Island * Friedburginsel * Kamera Island * Klamer Island * Kormoran Island * Kostenurka Island * Lapa Island * Pate Island Pate (Paté) Island () is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga in the former Coast Province. T ... * Rak Island See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago {{WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedburginsel
Friedburginsel (Friedburg Island) is the partly ice-free island 1.66 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 653 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 51.14 ha. First published by August Petermann in 1875. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition 1873-74 under Eduard Dallmann. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Location Friedburginsel is located at , which is 3.2 km west-northwest of , 105 m northeast of |
Kamera Island
Kamera Island ( bg, остров Камера, ostrov Kamera, ) is the mostly ice-covered island 778 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 278 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 10.75 ha.Kamera Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a ('kamera' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area. Location Kamera Island is located at , which is 5.6 km northwest of |
Klamer Island
Klamer Island ( bg, остров Кламер, ostrov Klamer, ) is the rocky island 520 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 150 m wide in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 5.61 ha.Klamer Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a ('klamer' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area. Location Klamer Island is located at , which is 6.12 km northwest of |
Kormoran Island
Kormoran Island ( bg, остров Корморан, ostrov Kormoran, ) is the mostly ice-free rocky island extending 848 m in south–north direction and 705 m in west–east direction in the Vedel Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 36.7 ha.Kormoran Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a cormorant ('kormoran' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area. Location Kormoran Island is located 4.72 km northwest of , 80 m southeast of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostenurka Island
Vedel Islands is a group of small islands lying west of Hovgaard Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The largest island of this group was discovered in 1898 and given the name Vedel by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot charted the remaining islands in 1904, and again in 1909, when the name was extended to include the entire group. Islands in the group * Bager Island * Friedburginsel * Kamera Island * Klamer Island * Kormoran Island * Kostenurka Island * Lapa Island * Pate Island Pate (Paté) Island () is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga in the former Coast Province. T ... * Rak Island See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago {{WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
