Meade Islands

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Meade Islands

Meade Islands (in the background) from Miziya Peak, Livingston Island.

Location of McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands.
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°27′04.4″S 60°04′03″W / 62.451222°S 60.06750°W / -62.451222; -60.06750
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Area 66 ha (160 acres)[1]
Country
Demographics
Population 0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Meade Islands is a group of two large islands, Zverino Island and Cave Island, the minor Pisanitsa Island, and several rocks lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The surface areas of the first two islands are 48 hectares (120 acres)[1] and 18 hectares (44 acres).[1] respectively. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The islands were charted in 1935 by Discovery Investigations and named after C.M. Meade, Cartographer-in-charge in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at that time.

Location

The midpoint of the group is located at 62°27′04.4″S 60°04′03″W / 62.451222°S 60.06750°W / -62.451222; -60.06750 which is 1.98 km (1.23 mi) west of Duff Point, Greenwich Island, 3.73 km (2.32 mi) north of Pomorie Point, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) east of Williams Point, 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Zed Islands and 3.9 km (2.4 mi) south-southeast of Pyramid Island (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

See also

Map

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

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