Black Island
Black Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago. It is 12 nautical miles long and projects through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of 1,040 metres. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, which named it for its appearance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vella Flat.
Vella Flat
Locality
Black Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago. It is 12 nautical miles long and projects through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of 1,040 metres. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, which named it for its appearance. Vella Flat is situated 6 km northwest of Black Island.
Black Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Ross Archipelago
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Black Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Island”
- Chinese: “布萊克島 (羅斯群島)”
- Chinese: “布萊克島”
- Dutch: “Black Island”
- French: “île Black”
- French: “Île Black”
- German: “Black Island”
- Italian: “Isola Black (arcipelago di Ross)”
- Italian: “Isola Black”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Island i Ross Archipelago”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Island i Rossøyane”
- Persian: “جزیره بلک”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Black”
- Swedish: “Black Island, Östantarktis”
- Swedish: “Black Island”
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