Sabrina Island

Sabrina Iceland is the largest of three small islands south of Buckle Iceland in the Somov Sea and is one of the Balleny Islands in Antarctica.

The island was named after the cutter, with the Thomas Freeman († 1839), the seal-hunting schooner Eliza Scott accompanied under John Balleny than the Balleny Islands were discovered in 1839. The team its Sabrina and lost on 24 March 1839 in a storm.

Sabrina Iceland is about three kilometers south of Iceland Buckle, 0.2 square kilometers and up to 180 m high. About a quarter of the island is permanently covered by ice and snow. A steep ridge runs across the island. The coasts are steep, with the exception of a rocky beach in the southwest. The island is home to a breeding colony of Adeliepinguins, in 2006, about 200 adult chinstrap penguins were counted. Probably nests on the cliffs of the island and the Cape Petrel. The Sabrina Island and the north upstream Chinstrap Islet are reported in accordance with the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as a special protection area of ​​Antarctica No. 104 ( Antarctic Specially Protected Area no. 104).

New Zealand rises to the island along with the Ross Dependency an international legally recognized claim.