Laurie Island (South Orkney Islands)
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Name (Latin)
Laurie Island (South Orkney Islands)
Other forms of name
Melville's Island (South Orkney Islands)
Coordinates
-44.53333333 -44.53333333 -60.7 -60.7 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands South Orkney Islands
See Also From tracing place name
Islands of the Atlantic
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1637481
Library of congress:
sh2016000327
Sources of Information
- Bruce, W.S. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, outline map of Laurie Island, South Orkneys, 1903, [1905].
- Great Britain. Antarctic Place-Names Committee. British Antarctic Territory : South Orkney Islands : Laurie and Powell Islands, [1988]
- Encyc. Britannica online, Feb. 12, 2016(Laurie Island; island, South Atlantic Ocean; South Orkney Islands: island group lying between the Scotia Sea to the north and the Weddell Sea to the south in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is composed of two large islands (Coronation and Laurie) and a number of smaller islands and rocky islets and forms part of the British Antarctic Territory)
- Wikipedia, Feb. 12, 2016(Laurie Island is the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory. However, under the Antarctic Treaty System all sovereignty claims are frozen, as the island lies south of the parallel 60°. Coordinates: 60°43ʹ43ʺS 44°31ʹ05ʺW)
- GNIS Antarctica, Feb. 12, 2016(Laurie Island, island; variant name: Melville's Island. An irregularly-shaped island, 12.5 mi long in an E-W direction, being the easternmost of the South Orkney Islands. Latitude: 60°44ʹ00ʺS. Longitude: 044°37ʹ00ʺW)