Dellbridge Islands
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The Dellbridge Islands are a group of four islands lying in the Antarctic
, just south of Cape Evans
and Ross Island
at 77°39′S 166°24′E.
They are individually called Inaccessible Island
, Tent Island
, Big Razorback Island
, and Little Razorback Island
. They are named after James H Dellbridge who was Second Engineer on the Discovery Expedition
1900 - 1904, led by Robert Falcon Scott
.
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
, just south of Cape Evans
Cape Evans
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.The cape was discovered by the Discovery expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, who named it the Skuary. Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition , built its...
and Ross Island
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...
at 77°39′S 166°24′E.
They are individually called Inaccessible Island
Inaccessible Island (Dellbridge Islands)
Inaccessible Island is a small rocky island, the northernmost of the Dellbridge Islands, lying 1 mile southwest of Cape Evans, Ross Island. Inaccessible Island is located at . Inaccessible Island is the most imposing of the group as it is nearly always bare of snow and rises to...
, Tent Island
Tent Island
Tent Island is one of the Dellbridge Islands in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.- See also :* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S* SCAR* Territorial claims in Antarctica...
, Big Razorback Island
Big Razorback Island
Big Razorback Island is the southeasternmost of the Dellbridge Islands, lying in Erebus Bay off the west side of Ross Island. It was discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott. The name reflects the supposed similarity of the shape of the...
, and Little Razorback Island
Little Razorback Island
Little Razorback Island is a smallest and easternmost of the Dellbridge Islands, lying in Erebus Bay off the west side of Ross Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition under Scott, 1901–04, and so named because of its size and similarity to nearby Big Razorback Island....
. They are named after James H Dellbridge who was Second Engineer on the Discovery Expedition
Discovery Expedition
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier...
1900 - 1904, led by Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica