Paulet Island

Paulet Island

Infobox Mountain
Name= Paulet Island
Photo=Paulet.Is.Dec.04.jpg
Caption= Paulet Island, December 2004
Elevation= Convert|353|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location= Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Range=
Prominence = Convert|353|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|63|35|S|55|47|W|type:isle|display=title,inline
Topographic

Type=Cinder cone
Age=
Last eruption= Unknown
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Paulet Island is a circular island about convert|1|mi|km in diameter, lying convert|3|mi|km southeast of Dundee Island, off the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is composed of lava flows capped by a cinder cone with a small summit crater. Geothermal heat keeps parts of the island ice-free, and the presence of such heat suggests that it was last active within the last 1,000 years. Paulet Island was discovered by a British expedition (1839-1843) under James Clark Ross and named by him for Captain the Right Honorable Lord George Paulet, Royal Navy.

Paulet Island is home to a colony of over 200,000 Adelie penguins, and is a common destination for sub-Antarctic sightseeing tours.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

* "Antarctica". Sydney: Reader's Digest, 1985, pp. 152-159.
* Child, Jack. "Antarctica and South American Geopolitics: Frozen Lebensraum". New York: Praeger Publishers, 1988, pp. 69, 72.
* Lonely Planet, "Antarctica: a Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit", Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1996, 302.
* Stewart, Andrew, "Antarctica: An Encyclopedia". London: McFarland and Co., 1990 (2 volumes), p 752.
* U.S. National Science Foundation, "Geographic Names of the Antarctic", Fred G. Alberts, ed. Washington: NSF, 1980.
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External links

* [http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/Publications/Fri2005d_abstract.html More information about Paulet Island]
* [http://cruises.about.com/od/antarcticacruises/ss/antarctica_log_3.htm Picture of Paulet Island with thousands of Antarctic Penguins]
* [http://www.greglasley.net/paulet.html Another picture of Paulet Island]
* [http://www.air-and-space.com/200101%20Antarctica/23%20Paulet%20Islanda.htm Comprehensive Report about Paulet Island with a lot of pictures]


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