Inaccessible Island (Dellbridge Islands)

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]

This article is about the Antarctic island. For the other islands, see Inaccessible Island (disambiguation).
Inaccessible Island from the southeast.
Inaccessible Island (Dellbridge Islands) is located in Antarctica
Inaccessible Island (Dellbridge Islands)
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates77°40′S 166°22′E
ArchipelagoDellbridge Islands
Highest elevation95 m (312 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Inaccessible Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  2. 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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