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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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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|left|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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