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King George Island (Argentinian Spanish: Isla 25 de Mayo, Chilean Spanish: Isla Rey Jorge, Russian: Ватерло́о Vaterloo) is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km (75 miles) off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.
The first wintering over in Antarctica took place on the South Shetlands, when at the end of the 1820–1821 summer season, 11 British men from the ship Lord Melville failed to leave King George Island, and survived the winter to be rescued at the beginning of the next season.
The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport (IATA: TNM, ICAO: SCRM) is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent. The airport serves the nearby village of Villa Las Estrellas and the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva.
Airport name Type Country ICAO code IATA code Other code Location Coordinates Runway(s): Direction Length Surface Arctowski Heliport [2] Poland AG11177 King George Island
The main island (South Georgia Island) and its adjacent islands South Georgia Island , the main island ( 54°15′S 36°45′W / 54.250°S 36.750°W / -54.250; -36.750 ( South Georgia Island ) ) (variant names: Isla San Pedro , Sør-Georgia , Sydgeorgien , Süd-Georgien ; historically Roché Island , Isle of
Map of Admiralty Bay. Admiralty Bay is an irregular bay, 8 km (5 mi) wide at its entrance between Demay Point and Martins Head, indenting the southern coast of King George Island for 16 km (10 mi), in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Bellingshausen Station (Russian: станция Беллинсгаузен) is a Russian Antarctic station at Collins Harbour, on King George Island of the South Shetland Islands. It was one of the first research stations founded by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1968.
King George Bay) is a bay indenting the south coast of King George Island for 6 nautical miles (11 km) between Lions Rump and Turret Point, in the South Shetland IslandsIt was named on 24 January 1820 after the then-reigning sovereign of the United Kingdom, King George, by a British expedition under Edward Bransfield.