Peter I Island

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Fabian von Bellingshausen discovered Peter I Island (in Norwegian Peter Is �y) off West Antarctica on January 21 1821. It takes its name after the Russian Czar Peter I. Ola Olstad made the first successful landing on February 2 1929 and claimed the island for Norway.

The island has an area of 243 km2 and reaches a height of 1755 metres on Lars Christensen Peak.

See also: Sub-antarctic islands.

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