Peter I Island

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Peter I Island
Image:Antarctica Peter I Island.png
Geography
Location	Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Coordinates	68°50′S 90°35′W / -68.833, -90.583Coordinates: 68°50′S 90°35′W / -68.833, -90.583
Area	243 km²
Highest point	Lars Christensen Peak 1,755 m (5,758 ft)
Administration
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Demographics
Population	0

Peter I Island (in Norwegian Peter 1.s øy) is a volcanic island located near Antarctica. It was discovered by Fabian von Bellingshausen off West Antarctica on January 21 1821. It takes its name after the Russian emperor Peter I (the Great). Ola Olstad made the first successful landing on February 2 1929 and claimed the island for Norway. The other Antarctic territory claimed by Norway is Queen Maud Land. Peter I Island is the only Antarctic claim area under the Antarctic Treaty that is not a sector, and the only claim area in the otherwise unclaimed sector between 90°W and 150°W, just west of the Chilean Antarctic Claim.

The island has an area of 243 km² and reaches a height of 1755 metres on Lars Christensen Peak, which is a volcano. It is not known whether it is extinct or not, for the upper part is apparently unmodified by glaciation. It lies approximately 450 km north of Eights Coast. It is surrounded by pack ice except for a brief period in late summer, and is 95% glaciated.

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The amateur radio prefix for the island is 3Y, and the island hosts an occasional DX-pedition. As one of the most difficult entities to contact for the popular DX Century Club award, these generate intense levels of traffic.

[edit] See also

• Sub-antarctic islands
• List of islands of Norway

[edit] References

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 
• Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Peter I Island

[edit] External links

• 2006 Peter I Island amateur radio expedition (3YØX)
• 1994 Peter I Island amateur radio expedition (3YØPI)
• 1987 Peter I Island amateur radio expedition (3Y1EE, 3Y2GV)
• 1994 Peter I - Short story about the departure from Peter I (3Y0PI)
• 1994 Peter I - Short story about 'A morning on Peter I' I (3Y0PI)
• 1994 Peter I - Short story about the landing on Peter I (3Y0PI)
• 1994 Peter I - Complete expedition story (in Dutch) (3Y0PI)

v • d • e Antarctic territorial claims
Current	Adélie Land · Argentine Antarctica · Australian Antarctic Territory · British Antarctic Territory · Chilean Antarctica · Ross Dependency · Queen Maud Land · Peter I Island	Image:Flag of Antarctica.svg
Non-officialized	Brazilian Antarctica
Former	New Swabia

v • d • e Overseas areas and dependencies of Norway
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Bouvet Island · Jan Mayen · Queen Maud Land · Peter I Island · Svalbard

v • d • e Outlying territories of European countries
Territories under European sovereignty but closer to or on continents other than Europe (see inclusion criteria for further information)
Denmark	Greenland
France	Clipperton Island · French Guiana · French Polynesia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Amsterdam • Saint-Paul • Crozet • Kerguelen • Adélie Land1 • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean: Bassas da India • Europa Island • Glorioso Islands • Juan de Nova Island • Tromelin Island) · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Mayotte · New Caledonia · Réunion · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna
Italy	Pantelleria · Pelagie Islands (Lampedusa • Lampione • Linosa)
Netherlands	Aruba · Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire • Curaçao • Saba • Sint Maarten • Sint Eustatius)
Norway	Bouvet Island · Peter I Island1 · Queen Maud Land1
Portugal	Azores Islands · Madeira Islands
Russia	Khabomai · Ratmanov Island · Shikotan
Spain	Canary Islands · Ceuta · Isla de Alborán  · Isla Perejil  · Islas Chafarinas  · Melilla  · Peñón de Alhucemas  · Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
United Kingdom	Anguilla · Ascension Island · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Falkland Islands · Montserrat · Saint Helena · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · British Antarctic Territory1 · British Indian Ocean Territory · Pitcairn Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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