Peter I Island
Fabian von Bellingshausen discovered
Peter I Island (in Norwegian
Peter Is øy) off West
Antarctica on 21 January 1821. It takes its name after the Russian Czar
Peter I. Ola Olstad made the first successful landing on 2 February 1929 and claimed the island for
Norway.
The island has an area of 243 km² and reaches a height of 1755 metres on Lars Christensen Peak..