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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 is roughly a parallelogram in shape, with long east and west coasts and shorter coasts facing northwest and southeast. It is approximately in width, and its maximum length is , between Cape Freeman in the north and Cape Smyth in the south. The island's highest point reaches 〔(Brown Peak ), Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. US source.〕 or 〔(Brown Peak ), Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. NZ source.〕 (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). == See also == * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sturge Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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