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Bellingshausen Island

Index Bellingshausen Island

Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: American Geophysical Union, Antarctica, Basaltic andesite, Basilisk Peak, Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands, Discovery Committee, Discovery Investigations, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Hardy Point, King George Island (South Shetland Islands), List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, RRS Discovery II, Russia, Salamander Point, South Sandwich Islands, Southern Thule, Stratovolcano, Thule Island.

  2. Islands of the South Sandwich Islands
  3. Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  4. Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  5. Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean

American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members).

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Basaltic andesite

Basaltic andesite is a volcanic rock that is intermediate in composition between basalt and andesite.

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Basilisk Peak

Basilisk Peak (Pico Basilisco) is, at, the highest peak marking the crater rim of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. Bellingshausen Island and Basilisk Peak are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands

Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Bellingshausen Island and Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands are islands of the South Sandwich Islands, south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs, uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Discovery Committee

The Discovery Committee was a popular name for the Interdepartmental Committee for the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands established by the British Government to carry out scientific investigations (which became known as ‘Discovery Investigations’) and to propose nature resource conservation and economic development policies for the Falkland Islands Dependencies.

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Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean.

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (–) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral.

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Hardy Point

Hardy Point is the western point of Bellingshausen Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Bellingshausen Island and Hardy Point are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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King George Island (South Shetland Islands)

King George Island (Argentinian Spanish: Isla 25 de Mayo, Chilean Spanish: Isla Rey Jorge, Russian: Ватерло́о Vaterloo) is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.

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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.

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RRS Discovery II

RRS Discovery II was a British Royal Research Ship which, during her operational lifetime of about 30 years, carried out considerable hydrographical and marine biological survey work in Antarctic waters and the Southern Ocean in the course of the Discovery Investigations research program.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Salamander Point

Salamander Point is the northern point of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. Bellingshausen Island and Salamander Point are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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South Sandwich Islands

The South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) are a chain of uninhabited volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Southern Thule

Southern Thule is a group of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell). Bellingshausen Island and southern Thule are islands of the South Sandwich Islands, uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra.

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Thule Island

Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. Bellingshausen Island and Thule Island are islands of the South Sandwich Islands, uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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See also

Islands of the South Sandwich Islands

Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingshausen_Island

Also known as Isaacson Point.