Bellingshausen Island
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox islands
Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly islands of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group. It is named after its discoverer, Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen (1778–1852).
The island is a basaltic andesite stratovolcano, and the latest crater, which is about Template:Convert across and Template:Convert deep was formed from an explosion some time between 1968 and 1984. Its highest point, at Template:Convert, is Basilisk Peak. Isaacson Point is its southeast point—an area first charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1930. It was named after Ms. S. M. Isaacson, an assistant to the staff of the Discovery Committee.<ref name=gnis-IP>Template:Cite gnis</ref>
See also
References
External links
Photos of the island can be found at: