Beagle Island (Antarctica)

Beagle Island is an island lying northeast of Darwin Island in the Danger Islands off the east end of Joinville Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after HMS Beagle (Captain Robert FitzRoy), due to its proximity to Darwin Island.

Beagle Island
Beagle Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°25′S 54°40′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Wildlife

Beale Island has hundreds of thousands of Adelie penguins nesting during each summer. There are dozens of sheathbills, skuas, and pintados seen on every shoreline. There are leopard seals often seen in the water.[1]

Geology

Beagle Island consists of Mesozoic diorite related to the subduction complex ranging from Antarctica to Alaska during the Cretaceous Period (80-120 million years ago).[2]

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. Joseph Holliday, Earth Science Department, El Camino College
  2. Joseph Holliday, Earth Science Department, El Camino College
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Beagle Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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