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Adelaide Island
Adelaide Base, February 1962
Adelaide Island shown within the Antarctic Peninsula
Geography
Locationnortheast Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean
Coordinates67°15′S 68°30′W / 67.25°S 68.5°W / -67.25; -68.5
Area4,663 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Length139 km (86.4 mi)
Width37 km (23 mi)
Highest elevation2,315 m (7595 ft)
Highest pointMount Gaudry
Administration
British Antarctic Territory
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationaround 100

Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, 139 kilometres (75 nmi) long and 37 kilometres (20 nmi) wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mountain on Adelaide Island, rising to over 1,220 m. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims.

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