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- exterior property of Norway in the Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea
- own name: Peter I Øy
• Flag
• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Peter I Island has no own flag. Would people live here there must be in use the flag of Norway:
National and merchant flag of Norway,
ratio = 8:11,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4
Numbers and Facts
Area: 60 sq.mi.
Inhabitants: uninhabited
Time Zone: GMT – 6h
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
10th of January 1821 · discovery by the Russian seafarer Fabian Gottlieb of Bellingshausen
2nd of February 1929 · first debarkation on the island, appropriation by Norway
1st of May 1931 · the Norwegian parliament confirms the appropriation of the island
1971 · Argentina builds and operates a station on the island, which is abandoned years later; today there is an automatic weather station
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
Origin of the Country's Name
The name "Peter I Island" has its roots in the Russian seafarer Fabian Gottlieb of Bellingshausen the discoverer of the island. He awarded the name to honour the Russian Tsar Peter I. (the Great).
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
