Annenkov Island ( Eng. Annenkov Island ) - an uninhabited island in the southern Atlantic Ocean , 13 km west of South Georgia . Administratively, it is part of the overseas territory of Great Britain South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (that is, it belongs to the United Kingdom, but is not a part of it).
| Annenkova Island | |
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| English Annenkov island | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 14.93 km² |
| Highest point | 650 m |
| Population | 0 pax (2012) |
| Location | |
| Water area | Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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Geography
The island is almost round, 7.5 miles in diameter. The highest point of Annenkova Island, which is 6 km long, is Mount Olstad Peak, which rises 650 m above sea level.
There is practically no vegetation on the island. Nevertheless, you can visit the island only with special permission, as it is a nesting site for more than 500 pairs of wandering albatrosses ( Diomedea exulans ).
History
The island was discovered on January 20, 1775 by James Cook during his second trip to the Southern Ocean . The island was originally named Pickersgil Island in honor of the lieutenant on the ship HMS Resolution . The real name was given to the island on December 15 ( 27 ), 1819 by the expedition of Faddey Faddeevich Bellingshausen , who named it in honor of Lieutenant sloop “Mirny” Mikhail Annenkov .
Population
The island is uninhabited (2012).
Notes
- ↑ Disputed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands .