| 词条 | Thule Islands |
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| name =Thule Islands | image name = | image caption = | image size = | local name = | local name link = | map = Antarctica | location = Southern Atlantic Ocean | coordinates = {{coord|60|42|S|45|37|W|type:isle|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total islands = | major islands = | area km2 = | highest mount = | elevation m = | country = South Orkney Islands | country admin divisions title = | country admin divisions = | country admin divisions title 1 = | country admin divisions 1 = | country admin divisions title 2 = | country admin divisions 2 = | country capital city = | country largest city = | country largest city population = | country leader title = | country leader name = | settlements = | population = 0 | population as of = | density km2 = | ethnic groups = }} The Thule Islands are a group of small islands and rocks lying {{Convert|0.25|nmi|km|1}} southwest of Balin Point in the northwestern part of Borge Bay, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. The name "Thule Rocks" was used as early as 1916, and appears to refer at least in part to this group. The Thule, one of the first floating factories to flense whales at sea, belonged to the Thule Whaling Company of Oslo. It operated in the South Orkney Islands in 1912–13 and 1913–14 and anchored on the east side of Signy Island during January 1913. The altered form of the name was recommended by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee following a survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947.[2] References1. ^1 {{cite book |editor-first= Fred G. |editor-last= Alberts |title= Geographic Names of the Antarctic |url= https://archive.org/download/GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition1995.pdf |accessdate= 5 April 2012 |edition= second |date=June 1995 |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names |page= 745}} [1]}}{{usgs-gazetteer|id=15263}}{{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub}} 1 : Islands of the South Orkney Islands |
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