Alexander Island, which is also known as
Alexander I Island,
Alexander I Land,
Alexander Land,
Alexander I Archipelago, and
Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest
island of
Antarctica. It lies in the
Bellingshausen Sea west of
Palmer Land,
Antarctic Peninsula from which it is separated by
Marguerite Bay and
George VI Sound.
George VI Ice Shelf entirely fills George VI Sound and connects Alexander island to Palmer Land. The island partly surrounds
Wilkins Sound, which lies to its west. Alexander Island is about long in a north-south direction, wide in the north, and wide in the south. Alexander Island is the second largest uninhabited island in the world, after
Devon Island.