Bremen Island

Bremen Island (German: Bremeninsel) is a 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 100 ha (247 acres) uninhabited island, part of the Melchior Islands in the Southern Ocean along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Bremen Island

Bremen Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°19′19″S 62°56′06″W / 64.322°S 62.935°W / -64.322; -62.935
Archipelago	Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago
Area	1 km^2 (0.39 sq mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

A 1 km (0.62 mi) long channel (Bremenkanal) separates Omega Island and Bremen Island. The existence of the channel was discovered during a zodiac excursion on 2 February 2003 by the German cruise ship MS Bremen,^[1] named after the German city of Bremen. The name "Bremen Island" was proposed by Bärbel Krämer of Hapag-Lloyd.

64°19′19″S 62°56′06″W / 64.322°S 62.935°W / -64.322; -62.935

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

1. "Antarctic Gazetteer - Bremeninsel". Retrieved 16 October 2009.

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