Sims Island: first data from a Pliocene alkaline volcanic centre in eastern Ellsworth Land

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Hathway, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
• Subjects: Alexander Island; Antarctic Science; Bellingshausen Sea; Sims Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410200100013x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410200100013X

Although Sims Island (73°17′S/78°33′W), a bedrock peak in Carroll Inlet on the English Coast of eastern Ellsworth Land (Fig. 1), had previously been observed and photographed from the air (e.g. Rowley & Thomson 1990, fig. C.6.2), no landing had been made prior to the present study. Based on prox...