 Location of Trinity Peninsula | |
  Eagle Island Location in Antarctica  Eagle Island Eagle Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°39′S 57°27′W / 63.650°S 57.450°W |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Eagle Island is one of several islands around the peninsula known as Graham Land, which is closer to South America than any other part of that continent. It is an island in the continent of Antarctica,[1] separated from the Antarctic mainland by the 1.77 km wide Aripleri Passage. It is volcanic in origin, having been K-Ar dated 1.7 ± 0.2 and 2.0 ± 0.2 million years old. It forms part of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group.[2]
During the Southern Hemisphere summer of 2019-2020 three melting events occurred on Trinity peninsula, in November 2019, January 2020, and particularly February 6- February 11, 2020, during which 106 millimeters of snow melted, forming melt ponds on Eagle Island.[3]
The nine day heatwave in early February 2020 melted about 20% of the island's snow cover.[4]
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
See also
References
- ↑ ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land
- ↑ "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ↑ Kasha Patel (February 24, 2020) Antarctica Melts Under Its Hottest Days on Record (February 4–13, 2020)
- ↑ Andrew, Scottie. "A heat wave in Antarctica melted 20% of an island's snow in 9 days". CNN. Retrieved 25 February 2020.