Andrée Island is an island lying in Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, off the north coast of Eurydice Peninsula, Danco Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Geography | |
---|---|
Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°31′S 61°31′W / 64.517°S 61.517°W |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The island was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Salomon August Andrée (1854–97), a Swedish engineer who attempted to fly over the North Pole by balloon in 1897, perishing in the attempt.[1]
A soil and vegetation study was conducted on the island in 1981 by R. I. L. Smith.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Geoffrey Carpentier. Antarctica, first journey: the traveller's resource guide. Hidden Brook Press; September 2009. ISBN 978-1-897475-36-2. p. 195.
- ^ Helmut Berger. Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha). Springer Science & Business Media; 21 October 2008. ISBN 978-1-4020-8917-6. p. 333–.
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Andrée Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.