Islands and Rocks From North To South
| Island/Rock | Area (km²/sqmi) | highest peak (m/ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Young Island and satellite islets | ||
| Seal Rocks | 0.0 km2/0 sq mi | (15 m/49 ft) |
| Pillar | 0.0 km2/0 sq mi | (51 m/167 ft) |
| Young Island | 225.4 km2/87.0 sq mi | Freeman Peak (1,340 m/4,400 ft) |
| Row Island | 1.7 km2/0.66 sq mi | (183 m/600 ft) |
| Borradaile Island | 3.5 km2/1.4 sq mi | (381 m/1,250 ft) |
| Beale Pinnacle | 0.0 km2/0 sq mi | (61 m/200 ft) |
| Buckle Island and satellite islets | ||
| Buckle Island | 123.6 km2/47.7 sq mi | (1,238 m/4,062 ft) |
| Scott Cone | 0.0 km2/0 sq mi | (31 m/102 ft) |
| Eliza Cone | 0.0 km2 (0 sq mi) | (67 m/220 ft) |
| Chinstrap Islet | 0.0 km2/0 sq mi | |
| Sabrina Island | 0.2 km2/0.077 sq mi | (90 m/300 ft) |
| The Monolith | 0.1 km2/0.039 sq mi | (79 m/259 ft) |
| Sturge Island (no satellite islets) | ||
| Sturge Island | 437.4 km2/168.9 sq mi | Brown Peak (1,705 m/5,594 ft or 1,524 m/5,000 ft) |
The Antarctic Circle is close to Borradaile Island, in the eight kilometre channel between Young and Buckle Islands. Buckle Island and the nearby Sabrina Islet are home to several colonies of Adelie and Chinstrap penguins.
The English whaling captains John Balleny and Thomas Freeman first sighted the group during 1839: Freeman was the first person to land on any of the islands on February 9, 1839, and it was the first landing south of the Antarctic Circle. The islands' area totals 400 km2 (154 sq mi) and the highest point reaches 1,705 m (5,594 ft) or 1,524 m (5,000 ft) (the unclimbed Brown Peak on Sturge Island).
The islands are part of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand (see Antarctic territorial claims).
Read more about this topic: Balleny Islands
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