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