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Pranke Island $10 2011 Nickel-Bronze

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35.00


Pranke Island (73°14′S 124°55′W) is a small ice-covered island lying close to Siple Island in the west extremity of Russell Bay, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, in the Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James B. Pranke, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1965. This island is claimed by Westarctica. This coin represents an Emperor Penguin, an species in the island.

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Year 2,011
Material Nickel-Bronze
Condition UNC
Denomination $10
Mintage 30

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Crozet Island 20 Fr 2011

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10.00


The Crozet Islands (45°57' to 46°29'S- 50°10' to 52°19'E) are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They were discovered by the expedition of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, a French explorer, who landed on January 24, 1772. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

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Year 2,011
Condition UNC
Denomination 20 francs
Mintage Unknown

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Borradaile Island 2 dollars 2012

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13.00


Borradaile Island is about 4 km long and 2 km wide, lying 7 km southeastward of Young Island, in the Antarctic Circle. Borradaile Island is one of the Balleny Islands and was discovered in February 1839 by John Balleny, who named it for W. Borradaile, one of the merchants who united with Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition. The first landing on the island was by Captain Freeman of the cutter Sabrina on February 12, 1839. This was the first time a human set foot south of the Antarctic Circle. The island features the "remarkable pinnacle" called Beale Pinnacle, near Cape Beale on its south-eastern coast.On its north-western coast is located Cape Scoresby.

This island (66°35′S 162°45′E) is part of the Westarctica Territories.

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Year 2,012
Material Copper
Condition UNC
Denomination 2 dollars
Mintage 300
Diámeter (mm) 32mm

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Sabrina Island 2 dollars 2012

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13.00


Sabrina Island the largest of three small islets lying 1.6 km southward of Buckle Island in the Balleny Islands, in the Antarctic Circle. Sabrina Island was discovered in February 1839 by John Balleny and was named after Balleny's cutter Sabrina, part of his expedition. Balleny was the captain of a whaling schooner, the Eliza Scott, who led an exploration cruise for the English whaling firm Samuel Enderby & Sons to the Antarctic in 1838-1839.

This island is part of the Westarctica Territories.

 

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Year 2,012
Material Copper
Condition UNC
Denomination 2 dollars
Mintage 300
Diámeter (mm) 32mm

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Sturge Island 2 dollars 2012

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13.00


Sturge Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 25 kilometres southeast of Buckle Island and 95 kilometres northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland. The islands were discovered by John Balleny, the captain of a whaling schooner, the Eliza Scott, who led an exploration cruise for the English whaling firm Samuel Enderby & Sons to the Antarctic, in 1839.

The island is parallelogram-shaped and its highest point, also the highest point in the Balleny chain, reaches 1,705 m. Its maximum length is 12 kilometres, between Cape Freeman in the north and Cape Smyth in the south.

This island (67°25′S 164°44′E) is part of the Westarctica Territories.

 

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Year 2,012
Material Copper
Condition UNC
Denomination 2 dollars
Mintage 300
Diámeter (mm) 32mm

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