Livingston Island

The Livingston Island (English Livingston Iceland ) is the second largest island in the South Shetland Islands off the West Antarctic.

The island is 73 km long and 34 km wide, the area is 974 km ². It is located west of the neighboring Greenwich Iceland and north of Deception Island. The highest point is 1700 meters Livingston mountain peak Mount Friesland in the Tangra Mountains. Summer temperatures hardly exceed 3 ° C, in winter it can to -14 ° C cold.

The island was discovered on February 19, 1819 by the English navigator William Smith and already visited shortly thereafter by seal hunters.

Today, located on Livingston some Antarctic research stations, including the Spanish Juan Carlos I. station and the Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski station. The island is also station for visiting cruise ships.

Map

  • LL Ivanov: Antarctica: Livingston Iceland and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Topographic map in scale 1:120.000. Manfred Wörner Foundation, Troyan, 2009, ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
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