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词条 Jorge Island
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  1. Location

  2. See also

  3. Map

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Jorge Island
| image_name = Aitcho-Islands-location-map.PNG
| image_caption = Location of Jorge Island in the South Shetland Islands
| map = Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica
| map_caption = Location of Jorge Island
| nickname =
| location = Antarctica
| coordinates = {{coord|62|22|47.1|S|59|45|38.5|W|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago = Aitcho group
| total_islands =
| major_islands =
| area_km2 =
| area_ha = 13
| length_km = 0.42
| width_km = 0.3
| highest_mount =
| elevation_m =
| population = Uninhabited
| population_as_of =
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| country = None
| treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System
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Jorge Island is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending {{convert|420|by|300|m|yd|abbr=on}}, surface area {{convert|13|ha|acre}}.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature was named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition in 1949 after the son of Captain José Duarte, commanding the patrol ship Lautaro.

Location

The midpoint is located {{convert|2.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-northwest of Barrientos Island, {{convert|100|m|yd|abbr=on}} north of Bilyana Island, {{convert|500|m|yd|abbr=on}} east-northeast of Riksa Islands, {{convert|600|m|yd|abbr=on}} south of Okol Rocks and {{convert|1.96|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-southwest of Fort William, Robert Island (Chilean mapping in 1961, British in 1968, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

See also

  • Aitcho Islands
  • Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
  • List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
  • SCAR
  • South Shetland Islands
  • Territorial claims in Antarctica

Map

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.

References

1. ^L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}}

External links

  • SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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1 : Islands of the South Shetland Islands

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