Alexander Island - Quiz
Alexander Island
  • 1. What is the length of Brahms Inlet?
A) 10 nautical miles
B) 40 nautical miles
C) 6 nautical miles
D) 25 nautical miles
  • 2. Which peninsula is located immediately northeast of Brahms Inlet?
A) Beethoven Peninsula
B) Harris Peninsula
C) Derocher Peninsula
D) Mazza Point
  • 3. Who was Brahms Inlet named after?
A) Michael J. Harris
B) Derek J.H. Searle
C) Anatoly Lyadov
D) Johannes Brahms
  • 4. Which mountain is located on Harris Peninsula?
A) Mount Lee
B) Hornpipe Heights
C) Mount Pinafore
D) Mount Grieg
  • 5. Who was Harris Peninsula named after?
A) Johannes Brahms
B) Anatoly Lyadov
C) Michael J. Harris
D) Derek J.H. Searle
  • 6. What is the flow direction of the Lyadov Glacier?
A) East-northeast
B) North-northwest
C) West-southwest
D) South-southeast
  • 7. Who named the Lyadov Glacier in 1987?
A) Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
B) Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
C) USSR Academy of Sciences
D) UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
  • 8. What geological process is primarily responsible for the geology of Alexander Island?
A) Volcanic eruptions alone
B) Subduction of proto-Pacific oceanic crust
C) Tectonic uplift from mantle plumes
D) Glacial erosion
  • 9. What is the dominant rock type in the LeMay Group?
A) Arkosic sedimentary rocks
B) Metamorphic basalt
C) Pure quartz
D) Pure granite
  • 10. What is the thickness of the Fossil Bluff Group sedimentary rocks?
A) 4 kilometers
B) 10 kilometers
C) 2 kilometers
D) 500 meters
  • 11. What type of fossils are found in the Fossil Bluff Formation?
A) Trilobites
B) Dinosaur bones
C) Mammoth tusks
D) Ammonites
  • 12. Which fault trends N-S and is parallel to George VI Sound?
A) LeMay Range Fault
B) Beethoven Fault
C) Mazza Fault
D) Harris Fault
  • 13. What are the youngest alkali and olivine basalts mentioned in the text located?
A) Hornpipe Heights
B) Mount Pinafore
C) Rothschild Island
D) Beethoven Peninsula
  • 14. How many peninsulas does Alexander Island have according to the text?
A) Four
B) Ten
C) Six
D) Eight
  • 15. What was the occupation of Anatoly Lyadov?
A) Explorer
B) Commander
C) Geologist
D) Composer
  • 16. What is the largest island of Antarctica?
A) Devon Island
B) Palmer Land
C) Alexander Island
D) George VI Island
  • 17. Which sea lies west of Alexander Island?
A) Bellingshausen Sea
B) Weddell Sea
C) Ross Sea
D) Amundsen Sea
  • 18. What feature separates Alexander Island from Palmer Land?
A) Wilkins Sound
B) Ablation Point
C) Marguerite Bay
D) George VI Sound
  • 19. Who discovered Alexander Island in 1821?
A) Carl Eklund
B) Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
C) Tsar Alexander I
D) Finn Ronne
  • 20. When was the insular nature of Alexander Island proven?
A) 1821
B) 1940
C) 1908
D) 1950
  • 21. Which country claimed the island in 1908?
A) Chile
B) Russia
C) Argentina
D) United Kingdom
  • 22. What is the name of the British base on Alexander Island?
A) Base KG
B) Fossil Bluff
C) Citadel Bastion
D) Ablation Point
  • 23. How long is Alexander Island in a north–south direction?
A) 80 kilometres
B) 500 kilometres
C) 390 kilometres
D) 240 kilometres
  • 24. What is the name of the former subglacial lake on Alexander Island?
A) Hodgson Lake
B) Wilkins Lake
C) Bach Lake
D) Saturn Lake
  • 25. Which glacier bounds the northern side of Hodgson Lake?
A) Douglas Glacier
B) Saturn Glacier
C) Tyrrell Glacier
D) George VI Glacier
  • 26. Who proved Alexander Island was an island?
A) British Antarctic Survey team
B) Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Tsar Alexander I
C) Chilean and Argentinian explorers
D) Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund
  • 27. What lies to the west of Alexander Island?
A) Marguerite Bay
B) Wilkins Sound
C) George VI Sound
D) Palmer Land
  • 28. What connects Alexander Island to Palmer Land?
A) The Antarctic mainland
B) Bach Ice Shelf
C) Wilkins Ice Shelf
D) George VI Ice Shelf
  • 29. Approximately how long ago did the ice sheet covering Hodgson Lake start thinning?
A) 11,000 years ago
B) 1,821 years ago
C) 13,500 years ago
D) 1940 years ago
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