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    Bristol Island

    Enez Bristol, Bristol

    59°01′S 26°32′W

    Bristol Island is an uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago in the Southern Ocean. The island is almost entirely surrounded by ice cliffs and largely covered with ice. It features both the oldest rocks of this archipelago and an active volcano that last erupted in 2016.

    NASA Terra ASTER image of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. To the West, Grindle Rock, Wilson Rock and Freezland Rock.
    NASA Terra ASTER image of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. To the West, Grindle Rock, Wilson Rock and Freezland Rock.

    NASA ASTER volcano archive jpl / Public domain

    Terrain

    59°01′S 26°32′W

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    Overview

    Bristol Island is an uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago in the Southern Ocean. The island is almost entirely surrounded by ice cliffs and largely covered with ice. It features both the oldest rocks of this archipelago and an active volcano that last erupted in 2016.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    Nearest islands

    Also in South Sandwich Islands

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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