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Oceanic islands between the Equator, 60°S, 20°W, and 115°E are the only Southern Hemisphere lands (besides East Timor) outside the five southern nuclear-weapon-free zones. Bouvet Island and the Kerguelen Islands are Antarctic islands on this map but outside the Antarctic NWFZ. Australian islands are parts of the South Pacific NWFZ.
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of 3,687 km 2 (1,424 sq mi). They lie about 120 kilometres (65 nautical miles) north of the Antarctic Peninsula, [1] and between 430 and 900 km (230 and 485 nmi) southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands.
The Antarctic Peninsula and its nearby islands are considered to have the mildest living conditions in Antarctica. The island's climate is strongly influenced by the surrounding ocean. [18] Under the Köppen system, it is one of the few locations in Antarctica classified as a tundra climate rather than an ice cap climate. [19]
Bouvet Island (/ ˈ b uː v eɪ / BOO-vay; Norwegian: Bouvetøya [3] [bʉˈvèːœʏɑ]) [4] is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway.It is a protected nature reserve, and situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is the world's most remote island.
The Kerguelen Islands (/ k ər ˈ ɡ eɪ l ə n / or / ˈ k ɜːr ɡ əl ə n /; [2] in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel Kerguelen, [3] pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic region.
Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. [1] [better source needed] This island is the caldera of an active volcano, which seriously damaged local scientific stations in 1967 and 1969. The ...
A survey work from 1975-6 showing Rothschild Island. The island was first sighted in 1825 by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who described three peaks.It was also seen by the French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910), and named Rothschild Island ("Île E. de Rothschild") by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, in honour of Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949), head of the Rothschild ...
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a, has come to a halt near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, according to the British Antarctic Survey.