South Shetland Islands
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The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of 3,687 km2. They lie about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between 430
South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula, astronaut photo, 2011
Williams Point, discovered on 19 February 1819
Norwegian whaling boat, Half Moon Island
Ongal Peak, Tangra Mountains
King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.
South Shetland Islands
…Tierra del Fuego Province), both equally unrecognized. Several countries maintain research stations on the islands. Most of them are situated on King George Island, benefitting from the airfield of the Chilean base Eduardo Frei. Sixteen research stations are in different parts of the islands, with Chilean stations…
Admiralty Bay
Collins Glacier, King George Island
Junk on the shoreline at Bellingshausen Station
Construction of China's first antarctic base in January 1985, the Great Wall Station.