BEAUFORT ISLAND. 
Beaufort Island. 
This island lies in latitude 77° S., longitude 167° E., and about 12 miles off Cape 
Bird, which is the north extremity of Mount Erebus. Sir James Clarke Boss described 
it as small and conical ; * we saw it from many points of view and estimate its length 
to be 5 miles, its breadth 2 miles, and height 1000 feet. It has a rugged outline, 
with a very steep snow-covered slope on the west side and a bare precipitous cliff on 
the east side. Its summit is a narrow ridge running north-and-south. No specimens 
have been obtained from this island. 
Table of Distances. 
A brief table which shows roughly the distances between some of the volcanoes 
and islands will not be out of place here. 
Mount Erebus to Cape Horn ....... 
. 3000 miles 
55 
55 
to Mount Haddington (Swedish Expedition) . 
. 2500 
55 
55 
55 
to Mount Gauss (German Expedition) 
. 1000 
55 
55 
55 
to Tongariro (an active volcano in New Zealand) 
. 2000 
51 
55 
55 
to Buckle Island Volcano ..... 
. 720 
55 
55 
55 
to King Edward VII Land ..... 
500 
55 
55 
to Cape Adare ....... 
420 
51 
55 
55 
to Mount Longstaff ...... 
380 
55 
55 
55 
to Possession Islands ...... 
375 
55 
55 
55 
to Coulman Island ...... 
200 
55 
9 ) 
55 
to Mount Melbourne ...... 
200 
55 
51 
55 
to Franklin Island ...... 
90 
55 
55 
55 
to Mount Discovery ...... 
70 
55 
55 
55 
to Mount Terror ...... 
25 
55 
* Ross, 1 Voyage in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, 1839-43,’ 1S47, vol. i, p. 217. 
