The Inaccessible Islands ("Islas Inaccesibles" in Spanish) are a group of small precipitous islands ranging from 120 to 215 m (394 to 705 ft) high, the westernmost features of the South Orkney Islands, lying 20 km (12 mi) west of Coronation Island in Antarctica. They were discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop James Monroe, though it is possible they are the "Seal Islands" seen by Nathaniel Palmer a year earlier. The islands were so named by Powell because of their appearance of inaccessibility.[1] They are considered part of the British Antarctic Territory by the United Kingdom and part of the Province of Tierra del Fuego by Argentina.
^"Inaccessible Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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InaccessibleIslands. InaccessibleIsland is home to the endemic InaccessibleIsland rail, the world's smallest extant flightless bird. Inaccessible Island...
tiny island at high densities include low base metabolic rates, small clutch sizes, and flightlessness. Unlike many other oceanic islands, Inaccessible Island...
The InaccessibleIslands ("Islas Inaccesibles" in Spanish) are a group of small precipitous islands ranging from 120 to 215 m (394 to 705 ft) high, the...
include InaccessibleIsland, and the marine zone of Gough Island was extended from 3 to 12 miles. The site was renamed Gough and InaccessibleIslands. The...
reserves of Gough Island and InaccessibleIsland; and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands. As of October 2018[update], the main island has 250 permanent...
The InaccessibleIsland finch (Nesospiza acunhae), also known as the Inaccessible bunting, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae (formerly in...
to Tristan and its neighboring islands. He wanted to call Inaccessible 'Pinsard Island', and Nightingale 'Lavel Island'. He was successful in his claim...
the southeast. It opens onto the Ross Sea to the west. Islands include the Dellbridge Islands and Turtle Rock. Features on the north shore include Tryggve...
In geography, a pole of inaccessibility is the farthest and most difficult to access location in a given landmass, sea, or topographical feature, category...
Turks Head Bay, Turks Head, InaccessibleIsland, Tent Island, Dellbridge Island, Little Razorback Island and Big Razorback Island. 77°38′S 166°23′E / 77...
This is a list of the bird species recorded on InaccessibleIsland. The avifauna of InaccessibleIsland include a total of 51 species. This list's taxonomic...
territories. Two areas, Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Islands as well as the islands of Gough and Inaccessible of Tristan da Cunha are listed as UNESCO...
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the...
Coast; Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast; Gough and InaccessibleIslands; and Henderson Island. The rest are cultural. In 2012, the World Heritage Committee...
7 mi) from Inaccessible. Stoltenhoff and Middle (also known as Alex Island), are really two large islets rather than conventional islands. The Nightingale...
its existence there. InaccessibleIsland rail (Another rail on remote island) Barred rail (another Rail common in the Pacific islands) List of birds of the...
rheas, and kiwis) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is the InaccessibleIsland rail (length 12.5 cm, weight 34.7 g). The largest (both heaviest...
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture, Portugal; Gough and InaccessibleIslands, United Kingdom; and Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha...
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about 604 km (375 mi) north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and 844 km...
Government and the Tristan da Cunha Association – InaccessibleIsland Denstone Expedition to InaccessibleIsland Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine;...
Cove List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S "Dream Island". Australian Antarctic Program. Retrieved 25 June 2024. "Dream Island". BirdLife data zone:...
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