Adelaide Island
Adelaide-Insel, Isla Adelaida
67°12′S 68°19′W
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, 139 kilometres (75 nmi) long and 37 kilometres (20 nmi) wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end.
Terrain
67°12′S 68°19′W
Overview
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, 139 kilometres (75 nmi) long and 37 kilometres (20 nmi) wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mountain on Adelaide Island, rising to over 1,220 m. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims.
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Nearest islands
- Liard Island58 km
- Avian Island69 km
- Detaille Island75 km
- Levy Island122 km
Also in Adelaide-Biscoe Islands
Liard Island
207 km²▲ 1,402 m
Minor islands
Avian Island
0.63 km²▲ 47 m
Minor islands
Detaille Island
0.2 km²
Minor islands
Bucktrout Island
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Minor islands
Levy Island
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Minor islands
Photographs
The glaciers of Adelaide Island are just opposite Jenny Island, Antarctica.
Adelaide Island opposite Jenny Island, Antarctica, is snow-covered yearround.
The BAS Rothera Research Station, Antarctica
Mackay Point is a tiny peninsula (450 m at its widest point) protruding into Laubeuf Fjord from the Wormald Ice Piedmont on the eastern side of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It lies 4 km NNE of the British Rothera Research Station.
![Edge of an ice shelf in Adelaide Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: NASA / Maria-Jose Vinas NASA's Operation IceBridge is an airborne science mission to study Earth's polar ice. For more information about IceBridge, visit: [1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Edge_of_Ice_Shelf_%288145694627%29.jpg/500px-Edge_of_Ice_Shelf_%288145694627%29.jpg)
Edge of an ice shelf in Adelaide Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: NASA / Maria-Jose Vinas NASA's Operation IceBridge is an airborne science mission to study Earth's polar ice. For more information about IceBridge, visit: [1]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA / Public domain
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Adelaide Island (52247229844). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Adelaide Island (52247463368). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Rothera Summer. User Apacheeng lead / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Antarctica (2), Adelaide Island, Mackay Point. Vincent van Zeijst / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Antarctica (3), Adelaide Island, Wormald Ice Piedmont. Vincent van Zeijst / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Edge of Ice Shelf (8145694627). NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA / Public domain
- Antarctica (6), Laubeuf Fjord, Webb Island. Vincent van Zeijst / CC BY-SA 3.0