Peter I Island

Peter I Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the , 450 kilometres from continental . It is claimed as a dependency of and, along with and , composes one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the and Subantarctic.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Norwegian territorial claim and volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea
  • Also known as: Peter I Island (Norway)” and “Petra I, ostrov

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lars Christensen Peak.

Volcano
, also known as Lars Christensentoppen, is the highest point at 1,640 metres on Peter I Island, off the coast of . The peak is a shield volcano. is situated 3 km northwest of Peter I Island.

Peter I Island

Latitude
-68.84722° or 68° 50′ 50″ south
Longitude
-90.59673° or 90° 35′ 48″ west
Elevation
1,101 metres (3,612 feet)
Open location code
363F5C33+48
Geo­Names ID
6620309
Wiki­data ID
Q202780
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Satellite Map

Discover Peter I Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Peter I Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Peter I Eiland
  • Afrikaans: Peter I-Eiland
  • Arabic: جزيرة بطرس الأول
  • Arabic: جزيرة بيتر الأول
  • Armenian: Պետրոս I-ի կղզի
  • Asturian: Islla Pedro I
  • Asturian: Islla Pedru I
  • Azerbaijani: I Pyotr adası
  • Basque: Petri I.a uhartea
  • Belarusian: Востраў Пятра I
  • Bengali: পিটার ১ দ্বীপ
  • Bengali: প্রথম পিটার দ্বীপ
  • Breton: Enez Pêr Iañ
  • Bulgarian: Петър І (остров)
  • Bulgarian: Петър І
  • Catalan: Illa de Pere I
  • Catalan: Illa Pere I
  • Cebuano: Peter I Øy
  • Chechen: I Петран гӀайре
  • Chinese: 彼得一世岛
  • Chinese: 彼得一世島
  • Czech: ostrov Petra I.
  • Czech: Ostrov Petra I.
  • Danish: Peter I’s Ø
  • Danish: Peter Is Ø
  • Dutch: Peter I Eiland
  • Dutch: Peter I-eiland
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة بطرس الاول
  • Esperanto: Insulo Petro la Unua
  • Estonian: Peeter I saar
  • Faroese: Peteroy
  • Finnish: Pietari I:n saari
  • French: Île Pierre 1er
  • French: Ile Pierre Ier
  • French: île Pierre Ier
  • French: Île Pierre Ier
  • Galician: Illa de Pedro I
  • Galician: Illa Pedro I
  • Georgian: პეტრე I-ის კუნძული
  • German: Peter I.-Insel
  • German: Peter-I.-Insel (Norwegen)
  • German: Peter-I.-Insel
  • Greek: Νησί του Πέτρου Α΄
  • Greek: Νήσος Πέτρου Α‘
  • Hebrew: אי פיוטר הראשון
  • Hebrew: פטר הראשון
  • Hebrew: פיוטר הראשון
  • Hungarian: I. Péter-sziget
  • Icelandic: Eyja Péturs 1.
  • Indonesian: Pulau Peter I
  • Irish: Oileán Pheadar I
  • Italian: isola Pietro I
  • Italian: Isola Pietro I
  • Japanese: ピーター1世島
  • Japanese: ピョートル1世島
  • Japanese: ペーター1世島
  • Kazakh: І Петр аралы
  • Korean: 페테르 1세 섬
  • Korean: 페테르 1세섬
  • Korean: 표트르 1세 섬
  • Latvian: Pētera I Sala
  • Ligurian: Isoa de Pè Primmo
  • Literary Chinese: 彼得一世島
  • Lithuanian: Petro I sala
  • Macedonian: Остров на Петар I
  • Macedonian: Петар I
  • Northern Frisian: Peter I. Eilun
  • Northern Sami: Peter I soulu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peter 1.s øy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peter 1s øy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peter den I øy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peter I Øy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peter I’s øy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Peter Is øy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Peter 1.s øy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Peter I Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Peter I Øy
  • Norwegian: Peter 1.s øy
  • Norwegian: Peter I Øy
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illa Pèire Ièr
  • Persian: جزیره پتر یکم
  • Polish: Wyspa Piotra I
  • Portuguese: Ilha de D. Pedro I
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Pedro I
  • Portuguese: Ilha pedro i
  • Pushto: د لومړي پيټر ټاپو
  • Romanian: Insula Petru I
  • Russian: Остров Петра I
  • Russian: Остров Петра Первого
  • Russian: Петра I остров
  • Russian: Петра I
  • Scots: Peter I Island
  • Serbian: Острво Петра I
  • Slovak: Ostrov Petra I.
  • Slovenian: Otok Petra I.
  • Spanish: Isla de Pedro I
  • Spanish: Isla Pedro I
  • Spanish: Pedro I, Isla
  • Sundanese: Pulo Peter I
  • Swedish: Peter 1.s øy
  • Swedish: Peter I:s ö
  • Swedish: Peter I:s øy
  • Tatar: Петр I утравы
  • Thai: เกาะปีเตอร์ที่ 1
  • Turkish: I. Peter Adası
  • Ukrainian: Острів Петра I
  • Urdu: جزیرہ پیٹر اول
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Peter I
  • Waray (Philippines): Peter I (purô)
  • Waray (Philippines): Peter I
  • Western Frisian: Peter I-eilân
  • Wu Chinese: 彼得一世岛
  • Yue Chinese: 彼得一世島

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