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The Moss Braes) are west-facing slopes situated west of Robin Peak on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 from the extensive moss banks on the dissected rocky slopes.
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese. [1] The island is about 6.5 km (4.0 mi) long and 5 km (3.1 mi) wide and rises to 288 m (945 ft) above sea level. Much of it is permanently covered with ice.
It fruits abundantly on Signy Island and elsewhere in Northern maritime Antarctica. [ 4 ] Each capsule of the moss produces between 250,000 and 520,000 spores, each 9.3 μm in diameter and with a volume of 143 μm 3 .
Samples of the moss were harvested from Signy Island in Antarctica using a coring drill and taken to the University of Reading for analysis. [3] The 4.5-foot (1.4 m) core was cut into 8-inch (20 cm) sections and exposed to light and temperature levels common to the regions in which the moss grows naturally. [6]
The British Signy Research Station on Signy Island The South Orkney Islands were discovered in 1821 by two sealers , the American Nathaniel Brown Palmer and the Briton George Powell . The islands were originally named Powell's Group , with the main island named Coronation Island as it was the year of the coronation of King George IV .
Laurie Island (30 P) Powell Island (3 P) Signy Island (4 P) G. Geography of the South Orkney Islands (2 C, 2 P) I. Islands of the South Orkney Islands (45 P) P.
During the austral summer of 1965 to 1966, Lindsay became the first botanist to survey King George Island. He studied the floristics of both lichens and moss. [4] While on Signy Island, he was upset after unexpectedly having to serve as meteorologist for the mission. [5]
Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands — located in the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic Peninsula, and claimed by both Argentine Antarctica and the British Antarctic Territory. Pages in category "Signy Island"