White Island is a 21-kilometre-long (13 mi) and 8.0-kilometre-wide (5 mi) ice-covered island in Enderby Land, Antarctica. 13-kilometre-wide (8 mi) Styles Strait separates it from Sakellari Peninsula. Discovered and called Hvitøya ("White Island") by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in January 1930, its existence was considered doubtful for a number of years but was confirmed by the Soviet expedition in the Lena in March 1957, and by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) led by D.F.