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