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Prince Edward Islands

The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean that are administered by South Africa. They are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Island (named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1767–1820).

This article is about the South African sub-Antarctic islands. For the Canadian province, see Prince Edward Island.

Geography

Indian Ocean

46°52′48″S 37°45′00″E / 46.88000°S 37.75000°E / -46.88000; 37.75000

335 km2 (129 sq mi)

1,230 m (4040 ft)

Mascarin Peak

Western Cape

City of Cape Town

0 (permanent)
50 (non-permanent research staff)

24 January 1997

1688[1]

The islands in the group have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, No. 57 of 2003, and activities on the islands are therefore restricted to research and conservation management.[2][3] Further protection was granted when the area was declared a marine protected area in 2013.[4][5] The only human inhabitants of the islands are the staff of a meteorological and biological research station run by the South African National Antarctic Programme on Marion Island.

Marion Island Base

 South Africa

SANAP

1948 (1948)

22 m (72 ft)

18

18

UTC+3

ZA

All year-round

Operational

List
  • Meteorology
  • Biology

sanap.ac.za

Satellite image of Prince Edward Island, 2009.

Satellite image of Prince Edward Island, 2009.

Satellite image of Marion Island, 2009

Satellite image of Marion Island, 2009

Crozet Islands

Gough Island

List of Antarctic islands north of 60° S

List of protected areas of South Africa

List of sub-Antarctic islands

Prince Edward Fracture Zone

S. A. Agulhas

S. A. Agulhas II

SANAE

South African National Antarctic Programme

Vela incident

LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. . ISBN 978-0-87590-172-5.

American Geophysical Union

. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

"Marion Island"

. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

"Prince Edward Island"

Jenkins, Geoffrey (1979). . William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd. ISBN 978-0-00-616116-5.

Southtrap

Ross, James Clark (1847). . London: John Murray – via Wikisource.

A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions 

de Bruyn P.J.N.; Oosthuizen W.C., eds. (2017). "Pain forms the Character: Doc Bester, Cat hunters & Sealers". Antarctic Legacy of South Africa.  978-0-620-74912-1.

ISBN

– official website

South African Research station on Marion Island

– Marion Island team publications

Facebook Pages

– Marion Island team discussions

Facebook Groups

– Official Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme website

Marion Island seal and killer whale research

– An account of the annexation of the islands

No Pathway Here

– Image of the Day 18 October 2009

Earth Observatory