Bellingshausen Island
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Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly islands of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group. It is named after its discoverer, Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian von Bellingshausen (1778–1852).
The island is a basaltic andesite stratovolcano, and the latest crater, which is about Script error: No such module "convert". across and Script error: No such module "convert". deep was formed from an explosion some time between 1968 and 1984. Its highest point, at Script error: No such module "convert"., is Basilisk Peak. Isaacson Point is its southeast point—an area first charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1930. It was named after Ms. S. M. Isaacson, an assistant to the staff of the Discovery Committee.[1]
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Photos of the island can be found at: