Elevation 255 m | Island group Southern Thule | |
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Similar Leskov Island, Cook Island - South Sa, Vindication Island, Candlemas Island, Visokoi Island | ||
Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group. It is named after its discoverer, Baltic German-Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen (1778–1852).
Map of Bellingshausen Island, SIQQ 1ZZ, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
The island is a basaltic andesite stratovolcano, and the latest crater, about 152 metres (500 ft) across and 61 metres (200 ft) deep, formed explosively some time between 1968 and 1984. Highest point is Basilisk Peak at 255 metres (837 ft).
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