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Researchers Happen to Discover New Island in the Ice of Antarctica

In the Weddell Sea, a research team accidentally discovers a small island that has been listed on sea charts in the wrong place so far.

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In the Weddell Sea, a research team accidentally discovers a small island that has been listed on sea charts in the wrong place so far.

·Berlin, Germany
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An international expedition in the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic region has discovered an island that has not been shown on any maps, the Bremerhaven-based Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), on whose icebreaker Polarstern the scientists are sailing, announced on its website on Wednesday.

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The international expedition team is on its way to the "Polarstern" of the Alfred Wegener Institute from Bremerhaven.

·Hamburg, Germany
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In the Weddell Sea an expedition team discovers an island. It has no name yet and is not listed in any map. But how did the researchers even come to this?

·Frankfurt, Germany
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They were looking for wind protection. Suddenly an expedition team hit an island in the Weddell Sea.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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An expedition team discovers a hitherto unknown island in the Weddell Sea. It measures only about 130 by 50 meters and is now mapped exactly. The island is also supposed to have an official name.

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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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