Clarence Island (South Shetland Islands)

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Clarence Iceland (Spanish: Isla Clarence ) is the easternmost of the South Shetland Islands, a sub-Antarctic islands in the Southern Ocean.

The uninhabited island has the shape of a triangle and is about 18 kilometers long (north- south- expansion ) and of 161 km ². The highest point is Mount Irving with a height of 1924 m above sea level, the highest peak in the entire archipelago.

The island was discovered on February 4, 1820 by Edward Bransfield and after William IV, the Duke of Clarence, named. Bransfield landed at Cape Bowles at the southern tip of the island and created a rough map. A year later the island by Fabian von Bellingshausen was mapped again.

Clarence Iceland, like all South Shetland Islands, claimed by several countries. However, it falls under the Antarctic Treaty that prohibits the state sovereignty in 2041.

Source

  • William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC -CLIO, Santa Barbara 2003, ISBN 1576074234, page 148
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