Elephant Island (Antarctica)
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- Work cat.: 93150867: Gröhsler, T. Nahrungsökologische Untersuchungen an antarktischen ... 1992:t.p. (Elephant Island) p. 244 (61⁰15ʹS 54⁰30ʹW)
- Lippincott(Elephant Island; E South Shetland Isls., off Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica; 61⁰5ʹS 55⁰10ʹW)
- Web. geog.(Elephant; island in Scotia Sea; in NE port of South Shetland Is., British Antarctic Territory; ab. 61⁰10ʹS 55⁰14ʹW)
- Nat. Geog. atlas.
- Gazetteer of the Antarctic(Elephant Island; variants: Barrows Isle, Elefant Öya, Mordrins Island)
Wikipedia description:
Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean. The island is situated 245 kilometres (152 miles) north-northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1,253 kilometres (779 miles) west-southwest of South Georgia, 935 kilometres (581 miles) south of the Falkland Islands, and 885 kilometres (550 miles) southeast of Cape Horn. It is within the Antarctic claims of Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom. The Brazilian Antarctic Program maintains a shelter on the island, Goeldi, and formerly had another (Wiltgen) supporting the work of up to six researchers each during the summer. Wiltgen was dismantled in the summers of 1997 and 1998.
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