Buckle Island

Buckle Island

Buckle Island is in the middle of the Balleny Islands
Buckle Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Coordinates	66°39′S 163°3′E / 66.650°S 163.050°E / -66.650; 163.050
Archipelago	Balleny Islands
Length	24 km (14.9 mi)
Width	5 km (3.1 mi)
Highest elevation	1,239 m (4065 ft)
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Buckle Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Sturge Island and 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Young Island, some 110 km (68 mi) north-north-east of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland. The island forms some parts of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand.