Rothschild Island (Rothschild Island)
Rothschild Island is a black rugged island 39 km long, mainly ice-covered but surmounted by prominent peaks of Desko Mountains in Antarctica, 8 km west of the north part of Alexander Island in the north entrance to Wilkins Sound.
The island was sighted from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition (c. 1908-1910), and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot in honor of Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868-1949), head of the Rothschild banking family of France and president of de Rothschild Frères.
In the subsequent explorations of the area by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) (c. 1934-1937), the feature was believed to be a mountain connected to Alexander Island. Geologically this might be true—but it has not been proven by any means due to a lack of anything like a complete geological survey of the region.
However, Rothschild Island's insularity was reaffirmed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS, c. 1939-1941) who photographed and roughly mapped the island from the air.
The island was sighted from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition (c. 1908-1910), and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot in honor of Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868-1949), head of the Rothschild banking family of France and president of de Rothschild Frères.
In the subsequent explorations of the area by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) (c. 1934-1937), the feature was believed to be a mountain connected to Alexander Island. Geologically this might be true—but it has not been proven by any means due to a lack of anything like a complete geological survey of the region.
However, Rothschild Island's insularity was reaffirmed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS, c. 1939-1941) who photographed and roughly mapped the island from the air.
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Country - Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14200000 km2. Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km.
Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 m. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 C. The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 C in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation occurs, it is mostly in the form of lichen or moss.
Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 m. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 C. The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 C in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation occurs, it is mostly in the form of lichen or moss.