Vega Island
Encyclopedia
Vega Island is a small island to the northwest of James Ross Island
, on the Antarctic Peninsula.
James Ross Island
James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north-south direction. It was charted in October 1903 by the Swedish...
, on the Antarctic Peninsula.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
External links
- New dinosaur finds in Antarctica paint fuller picture of past ecosystem, from the National Science Foundation, February 6, 1998.
- Antarctic Researchers to Discuss Difficult Recovery of Unique Juvenile Plesiosaur Fossil, from the National Science Foundation, December 6, 2006.
- Rocas hipabisales del grupo volcánico James Ross, Isla Vega (Spanish)