Buckle Island

Buckle Island (66°39′S 163°3′E / 66.65°S 163.05°E / -66.65; 163.05) is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Sturge Island and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Young Island, some 110 kilometres (68 mi) north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland. The island is roughly triangular in shape, with long east and west coasts and a short north coast. It is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) in width at the north, and its maximum length is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi). The island is of volcanic origin, and is still volcanically active, the last eruption being in 1899. The northernmost point of Buckle Island is Cape Cornish....