Borradaile Island

Borradaile Iceland is a small island in the Southern Ocean. It belongs to the northern group of the Balleny Islands, which are about 300 kilometers from the Antarctic mainland.

Geography

The ice-covered to 90% of the island with an area of ​​3.5 km ² located approximately 8 km southeast ago Young Iceland.

History

Borradaile Iceland was discovered in February 1839 by John Balleny, who named it after the Kaufmann W. Borradaile. This was one of the shareholders of the English whaling company Enderby Brothers, which financed Ballenys Expedition of 1838/39.

Others

On the uninhabited island a shelter was erected, the so-called " Swan Base".

Swell

• New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112842 (English )

• Uninhabited Island
• Island ( Antarctica )
• Island ( Southern Ocean)