Balleny Islands
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The Balleny Islands are a series of uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean extending from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group extends for about 160 km in a northwest–southeast dire
The Balleny Islands from a sketch by John MacNab, a crew member of the ship Eliza Scott that visited the Balleny Islands in 1839. In a description of this sketch in his 1905 history of Antarctic exploration, H.R. Mill drew attention to "smoke rising from an active volcano on Buckle Island". This sketch supports findings suggesting Buckle Island as the source of volcanic cryptotephra layers deposited in Marie Byrd Land in 1839.
The Balleny Islands (top) and Antarctic coast (bottom) from space, December 2007. Dark patches are ice-free sea surface.
Ross Dependency
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The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south. It is claimed b
Balleny Islands
…Scott Cone, Chinstrap Islet, Sabrina Islet (with Sabrina Refuge shelter hut), and the Monolith The islands are claimed by New Zealand as part of the Ross Dependency (see Territorial claims in Antarctica). The islands' area totals 400 km2 (154 mi2) and the highest point has been measured as 1,705 m (5,594 ft) or…
Aerial photo of Mount Erebus on Ross Island