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	A copper $2 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica\|coin]] was minted in 2012 by the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] and remains the only coin ever created by any country to celebrate the island. The coin has an image of the [[southern elephant seal]] instead of the island itself.		A copper $2 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica\|coin]] was minted in 2012 by the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] and remains the only coin ever created by any country to celebrate the island. The coin has an image of the [[southern elephant seal]] instead of the island itself.
	[[File:Sabrina Island.png\|thumb\|left\|Sabrina Island coin]]		[[File:Sabrina Island.png\|thumb\|left\|Sabrina Island coin]]

			==Protection by the government==
			On 8 August 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected the island under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[Balleny Islands National Monument]].

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Baron of Bastanchury at 09:23, 22 September 2019

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	[[File:Sabrina Island1.png\|thumb\|Sabrina Island from the air]]		[[File:Sabrina Island1.png\|thumb\|Sabrina Island from the air]]
	'''Sabrina Island''' is the largest of three small islets lying 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south of [[Buckle Island]] in the [[Balleny Islands]] off the coast of continental [[Antarctica]].		'''Sabrina Island''' is the largest of three small islets lying 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south of [[Buckle Island]] in the [[Balleny Islands]] off the coast of continental [[Antarctica]]. It was annexed, along with the rest of the Balleny Islands, by Westarctica in 2005.

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

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	==Sabrina Island Coin==		==Sabrina Island Coin==
	A copper $2 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica\|coin]] was minted in 2012 by the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] and remains the only coin ever created by any country to celebrate the island. The coin has an image of the [[southern elephant seal]] instead of the island itself.		A copper $2 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica\|coin]] was minted in 2012 by the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] and remains the only coin ever created by any country to celebrate the island. The coin has an image of the [[southern elephant seal]] instead of the island itself.
	[[File:Sabrina Island.png\|thumb\|Sabrina Island coin]]		[[File:Sabrina Island.png\|thumb\|left\|Sabrina Island coin]]

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	The site is protected under the [[Antarctic Treaty]] System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.104.		The site is protected under the [[Antarctic Treaty]] System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.104.

			==Sabrina Island Coin==
			A copper $2 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica\|coin]] was minted in 2012 by the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] and remains the only coin ever created by any country to celebrate the island. The coin has an image of the [[southern elephant seal]] instead of the island itself.
			[[File:Sabrina Island.png\|thumb\|Sabrina Island coin]]


	[[Category:Balleny Islands]]		[[Category:Balleny Islands]]
	[[Category:Islands]]		[[Category:Islands]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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[[File:Sabrina Island1.png|thumb|Sabrina Island from the air]]
'''Sabrina Island''' is the largest of three small islets lying 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south of [[Buckle Island]] in the [[Balleny Islands]] off the coast of continental [[Antarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The island was discovered by [[whaling]] captain [[John Balleny]] in 1839. It was named for the ''Sabrina'', the cutter captained by Thomas Freeman during the expedition.

==Animal life==
[[File:Sabrina Island South.png|thumb|Penguin colony on the narrow beach of the southern tip of Sabrina Island. The Monolith is in the background.]]
The island has outstanding environmental and scientific value as a representative sample of the Balleny Islands – the only oceanic archipelago located within the main Antarctic Coastal Current. It is a breeding site for [[chinstrap penguin|chinstrap]] and [[Adélie penguin]]s as well as [[Cape petrel]]s.

The site is protected under the [[Antarctic Treaty]] System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.104.

[[Category:Balleny Islands]]
[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]