Peter I Island
Peter I Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, 450 kilometres from continental Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway and, along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land, composes one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and Subantarctic.- 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.
Lars Christensen Peak
Volcano
Lars Christensen Peak, also known as Lars Christensentoppen, is the highest point at 1,640 metres on Peter I Island, off the coast of Antarctica. The peak is a shield volcano. Lars Christensen Peak is situated 3 km northwest of Peter I Island.
Peter I Island
- Categories: dependency of Norway, disputed territory, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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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