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Rugged Island Karte mit Rugged Island im äußersten Westen
Gewässer Südlicher Ozean Inselgruppe Südliche Shetlandinseln Geographische Lage 62° 38′ 0″ S, 61° 15′ 0″ W-62.633333333333-61.25Koordinaten: 62° 38′ 0″ S, 61° 15′ 0″ W 
Länge 6 km Breite 2 km Fläche 10,4 km² Einwohner (unbewohnt) Rugged Island (argentinischer Name: Isla Rugosa, alte Namen sind Lloyds Island oder Ragged Island) ist eine unbewohnte Insel im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln in der Antarktis. Sie wurde bereits Weihnachten 1819 vom britischen Robbenjäger Joseph Herring entdeckt, der im Nordosten der Insel an der Hersilia Cove an Land ging und die Insel für König Georg III. in Besitz nahm.
Geographie
Rugged Island liegt in der New Plymouth Bay wenige Kilometer vor der Südwestküste von Livingston Island, der zweitgrößten Insel des Archipels. Die Insel ist rund 6 km lang, bis 2 km breit und 10,4 km²[1] groß. Die Insel ist nicht vergletschert.
Weblinks
- Rugged Island im Australian Antarctic Data Center (englisch)
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Inseln der Südlichen ShetlandinselnNordgruppe: Clarence | Cornwallis | Elephant | Gibbs | Rowett
Südgruppe: Bridgeman | Deception | Greenwich | Half Moon | King George | Livingston | Low | Nelson | Penguin | Robert | Rugged | Smith | Snow
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