 White Island from Ross Sea | |
  White Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 78°8′S 167°24′E / 78.133°S 167.400°E |
| Archipelago | Ross Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica. It is 28 km (15 nmi) long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island. It was discovered by the Discovery Expedition (1901–04) and so named by them because of the mantle of snow which covers it. Some 142 km2 of shelf ice adjoining the north-west coast of the island has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 137) because it supports an isolated small breeding population of Weddell seals.[1]
White Island consists of two Pleistocene shield volcanoes overlain by volcanic cones. The last known eruption occurred 0.17 million years ago.[2]
See also
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- Mount Nipha, standing almost precisely in the center of White Island
- Speden Bench, on the west of White Island
References
- ↑ "North-west White Island, McMurdo Sound" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 137: Measure 9, Annex. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2008. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
- ↑ "White Island". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
External links
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