  Borradaile Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 66°35′S162°45′E / 66.583°S 162.750°E /-66.583; 162.750 |
| Archipelago | Balleny Islands |
| Length | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
| Width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Borradaile Island (66°35′S162°45′E / 66.583°S 162.750°E /-66.583; 162.750) is one of theBalleny Islands. It was the site of the first landing south of theAntarctic Circle, and features the "remarkable pinnacle" calledBeale Pinnacle, near Cape Beale on its south-eastern coast, and Cape Scoresby on its north-western coast.
Borradaile Island was discovered in February 1839 byJohn Balleny, who named it for William Borradaile, one of the London merchants who united withCharles Enderby in sending out the expedition.[1] The first landing on the island was by Captain Freeman of the cutterSabrina on February 12, 1839, who landed briefly on a spit at the islands north-west corner. This was the first time a human set foot south of theAntarctic Circle.[2] The island was not visited again until February 29, 1948, when a party of Australians, includingPhillip Law andStuart Campbell, landed at the same point fromHMAS Wyatt Earp.[3]
Borradaile Island is about 4 kilometres (2 nmi) long and 2 kilometres (1 nmi) wide, lying 7 kilometres (4 nmi) southeastward ofYoung Island.[1] Cape Scoresby (66°34′S162°45′E / 66.567°S 162.750°E /-66.567; 162.750) is a high bluff marking the north end of Borradaile Island. It was charted by personnel on theRRS Discovery II who maderunning surveys of the northern portion of the Balleny Islands in 1936–1938. Cape Scoresby is named after theRSSWilliam Scoresby, a companion research ship ofDiscovery II in carrying out oceanographic work in Antarctic waters at that time,[4] which is in turn named after the Arctic explorerWilliam Scoresby. Beale Pinnacle (66°36′S162°45′E / 66.600°S 162.750°E /-66.600; 162.750) is a boot-shaped rock pinnacle, 60 m high, lying close off Cape Beale, a steep bluff on the south-east side of the island. Both are named after W. Beale, another of the merchants who joined with Charles Enderby in sending out the John Balleny expedition of 1839.[5][6]
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