 Inaccessible Island from the southeast. | |
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 77°40′S 166°22′E / 77.667°S 166.367°E |
| Archipelago | Dellbridge Islands |
| Highest elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Inaccessible Island is a small rocky island, the northernmost of the Dellbridge Islands, lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) southwest of Cape Evans, Ross Island, Antarctica. It is the most imposing of the group as it is nearly always bare of snow and rises to 95 meters (310 ft). It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Robert Falcon Scott and so named because of the difficulty in reaching it.[1][2]
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Citations
- ↑ "Inaccessible Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ↑ Fletcher, Lazarus; Bell, Francis Jeffrey (1907). Natural history; Volume 1 of Natural History: Voyage of the S.S. Discovery Under Capt. R.F. Scott. University of California: British Museum (Natural History). p. 16.
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