List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

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This is a list of Antarctic and subantarctic islands.

According to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, claims to sovereignty over lands south of 60°S are not asserted. This includes some of the Antarctic islands and none of the subantarctic ones.

List of subantarctic islands

Antarctica and surrounding islands

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List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S

Oceanic islands between the Equator, 60°S, 20°W, and 115°E are the only Southern Hemisphere lands (besides East Timor) outside the 5 southern nuclear-weapon-free zones. Bouvet and Kerguelen are Antarctic islands on this map but outside the Antarctic NWFZ.
Australian islands are part of the South Pacific NWFZ. South Georgia and South Sandwich are in the Latin American NWFZ and not on this map.

List of largest Antarctic islands south of 60° S by size

Rank Island Area
(km²)
Elevation
(m)
Coordinates
1 Alexander Island 49,070 2976 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
2 Berkner Island 43,873 975 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
3 Thurston Island 15,700 . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
4 Carney Island 8,500 . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
5 Roosevelt Island 7,910 550 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
6 Siple Island 6,390 3110 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
7 Adelaide Island 4,463 2317 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
8 Spaatz Island 4,100 . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
9 James Ross Island 2,598.4 1628 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
10 Ross Island 2,460 3794 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
11 Anvers Island 2,432 2821 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Joinville Island 1,607.4 765 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Charcot Island 1,5001) . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  King George Island 1,383.8 655 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Mill Island 1,258.1 326 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Sherman Island 1,158.6 186 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Smyley Island 1,0001) . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Brabant Island 976.8 2522 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Livingston Island 973.5 1700 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Grant Island 767.8 580 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Latady Island 7001) . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Renaud Island 618.3 . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Masson Island 585.4 471 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Elephant Island 557.9 852 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Rothschild Island 5001) . Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Hearst Island 5001) 365 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Dean Island 5001) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  D'Urville Island 455.3 210 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Coronation Island 450 1278 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  Sturge Island 437.4 945 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
1) rough estimate from map

List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S

All these islands fall under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty. The list is not complete.

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C

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D

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E

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F

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G

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H

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L

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M

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X

No islands begin with this letter.

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Sub-lists

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://ortho.linz.govt.nz/nz_offshore_islands/auckland_is_high_res.jpg

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