The Balleny Islands (66°55′ S 163°45′ E) form a chain of uninhabited, mainly volcanic, islands in the Southern Ocean streching from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group contains three main islands: Young, Buckle and Sturge, which lie in a line from northwest to southeast, and several smaller ones: Row Island, Borradaile Islands (with Swan Base, a shelter hut), Sabrina Islet (with Sabrina Refuge, a shelter hut), and The Monolith. This article is about volcanoes. ... Young Island is the northernmost of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. ... Buckle Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. ... Elevation: 1524 m (5,000 feet) Latitude: 67. ...

The Antarctic Circle crosses very close to Borradaile Island, in the eight kilometre channel between Young and Buckle Islands. Buckle Island and the nearby Sabrina Islet are home to several colonies of Adelie and Chinstrap penguins. Zoomable PDF of the map this is based on The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... Binomial name Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) The Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is, together with the Emperor Penguin, one of the only two types of penguin living on the Antarctic mainland. ... Binomial name Pygoscelis antarctica Forster, 1781 The Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) is a species of penguin which is found in the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, South Georgia, Bouvet Island, Balleny and Peter I Island. ...

The English whaling captains John Balleny and Thomas Freeman first sighted the group in 1839: Freeman was the first person to land on any of the islands on February 9 1839, and it was the first landing south of the Antarctic Circle. The islands' area totals 400 km² and the highest point reaches 1524 m (the unclimbed Brown Peak on Sturge Island). Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic placental mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. ... John Balleny was an English captain who discovered the Balleny Islands in early 1839 while on a whaling and sealing voyage for the English whaling firm Enderby Brothers to the antarctic. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Zoomable PDF of the map this is based on The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... Brown Peak is the highest point of the Balleny Islands, which reaches 1524 m above sea level. ... Elevation: 1524 m (5,000 feet) Latitude: 67. ...

The islands form part of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand (see claims on Antarctica). Political status Dependency of New Zealand Governor Dame Silvia Cartwright, ex officio as Governor-General of New Zealand Area  â€“ Total  450 000 km² (174 000 mi²) Population Scott Base: 10-80 seasonally McMurdo Station: 200-1000 seasonally Currency New Zealand dollar The Ross Dependency comprises an area of Antarctica (and...

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