Editing Drygalski Island

{{Short description|Island in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica}}
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| name             = Drygalski Island
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| map              = Antarctica
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| location         = [[Antarctica]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|65|45|S|92|30|E|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago      = 
| total_islands    = 
| major_islands    = 
| area_km2         = 220
| length_km        = 20.4
| width_km         = 
| highest_mount    = 
| elevation_m      = 325
| population       = Uninhabited
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| country          = None
| treaty_system    = [[Antarctic Treaty System]]
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'''Drygalski Island''' is an [[Ice cap|ice-capped]] [[island]] that is {{convert|11|nmi|km|1|disp=flip}} long and rises to {{convert|325|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the [[Davis Sea]] of the [[Southern Ocean]], about {{convert|85|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the coast of [[Queen Mary Land]] and {{convert|45|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} [[north-northeast]] of [[Cape Filchner]]. The island has an area of {{convert|220|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

Drygalski Island was first viewed from the [[continent]]al [[Antarctic]] coast in November 1912 by members of the [[Western Base Party]] of the [[Australian Antarctic Expedition]] (1911-1914), and observed more closely from Sir [[Douglas Mawson]]'s ship [[SY Aurora|Aurora]] on the homeward journey in January 1914. Because Drygalski Island was thought to be "Drygalski's High Land", charted by Professor [[Erich von Drygalski]] of the [[First German Antarctica Expedition|German Antarctic Expedition]] (1901-1903) in 1902, Drygalski's name was given by Sir [[Douglas Mawson]] to the island.

{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Mir
| native_name        = Мир
| native_name_lang   = ru
| settlement_type    = [[Research stations in Antarctica|Antarctic research station]]
| image_skyline      = 
| image_caption      = 
| coordinates        = {{Polecoord|-65.7500|92.4333|type=station|name=Mir}}
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = {{start date|1960|5|20|df=y}}
| extinct_title      = Closed
| extinct_date       = {{end date|1960|8|6|df=y}}
| government_type    = Administration
| governing_body     = [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]]
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 327
| population_footnotes = 
| population_as_of   = 1960
| population_blank1_title = Summer 
| population_blank1  = 
| population_blank2_title = Winter 
| population_blank2  = 
| timezone1          = 
| utc_offset1        = 
| blank_name_sec1    = Active times
| blank_info_sec1    = One winter
| blank1_name_sec1   = Activities
| blank1_info_sec1   = 
| blank2_name_sec1   = Facilities
| blank2_info_sec1   = 
}}

A temporary field station named Mir was opened from 20 May to 6 August in 1960 on the island by the [[Soviet Union]] to study meteorological conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/DAHLI_IGY003_0047.pdf |title=SCIENTIFIC STATIONS IN ANTARCTICA 1882-1963 |publisher=Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre |location=New Delhi |year=1971 |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Geography}}
* [[Composite Antarctic Gazetteer]]
* [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands]]
* [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands#List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S|List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S]]
* [[Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR]]
* [[Territorial claims in Antarctica]]

==References==
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[[Category:Islands of Queen Mary Land]]


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