Peter I Island Peter I Island Peter I Island () is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway, and along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land comprises one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. Peter I Island is long and , slightly larger than Staten Island. The tallest peak is the ultra and tall Lars Christensen Peak. Nearly all of the island is covered by a glacier and it is surrounded most of the year by pack ice, making it inaccessible during these times. There is
Sturge Island Cape Freeman in the north and Cape Smyth in the south. The island's highest point reaches or (the unclimbed Brown Peak). This is the highest point in the Balleny chain. The island forms part of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand (see claims on Antarctica). Sturge Island Sturge Island () is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies southeast of Buckle Island and northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland. The islands were discovered by John Balleny in 1839. The island was named after Thomas Sturge,