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Druzhnaya I was established in 1975 as seasonal field camps on the Filchner Ice Shelf to carry out topographic and geodetic mapping of the local area. [4]In 1986, satellite images revealed ice breakup near Druzhnaya I.
It was the location of the base of the Royal Society Expedition, 1955–59 which was taken over as the British Halley Research Station. [ 1 ] The Brunt Icefalls ( 75°55′S 25°0′W / 75.917°S 25.000°W / -75.917; -25.000 ) extend along Caird Coast for about 80 kilometres (50 mi), where the steep ice-covered coast descends to ...
In mid-May 2021, A-76 was, before it broke into three, [1] the world's largest floating iceberg, calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The new iceberg, effectively a piece of floating ice shelf, detached from the western side of the ice shelf.
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Wilkins Sound is a seaway in Antarctica that is largely occupied by the Wilkins Ice Shelf.It is located on the southwest side of the Antarctic Peninsula between the concave western coastline of Alexander Island and the shores of Charcot Island and Latady Island farther to the west.
In 1971, Denis C. Lindsay published Vegetation of the South Shetland Islands, and in doing so was the first person to report on the flora of Half Moon Island.In a 2018 publication, it was accepted that there were 37 species of moss and 59 species of lichen present on the island.
Gibbs Island (Russian: остров Рожнова) lies 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. James Weddell, whose chart of the islands appeared in 1825, was apparently the first to use the current name of this island, discovered in 1821 by Russians who then named it Rozhnov Island (as it is known in Russia today).
The Aitcho Islands (‘Aitcho’ standing for ‘H.O.’ i.e. ‘Hydrographic Office’) are a group of minor islands on the west side of the north entrance to English Strait separating Greenwich Island and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which are situated between Dee Island to the south and Table Island to the north.