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.
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^ abcL.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN978-954-92032-6-4
meade, islands, group, large, islands, zverino, island, cave, island, minor, pisanitsa, island, several, rocks, lying, north, entrance, mcfarlane, strait, archar, peninsula, greenwich, island, south, shetland, islands, antarctica, surface, areas, first, island. The Meade Islands are a group of two large islands Zverino Island and Cave Island the minor Pisanitsa Island and several rocks lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait off Archar Peninsula Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands Antarctica 2 The surface areas of the first two islands are 48 hectares 120 acres 1 and 18 hectares 44 acres 1 respectively The area was visited by early 19th century sealers Meade IslandsMeade Islands in the background from Miziya Peak Livingston IslandMeade IslandsLocation of Meade IslandsShow map of AntarcticaMeade IslandsMeade Islands Antarctic Peninsula Show map of Antarctic PeninsulaGeographyLocationAntarcticaCoordinates62 27 04 S 60 04 03 W 62 451222 S 60 0675 W 62 451222 60 0675ArchipelagoSouth Shetland IslandsArea66 ha 160 acres 1 AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited Topographic map of Livingston Island Greenwich Robert Snow and Smith Islands The islands were charted in 1935 by Discovery Investigations and named after C M Meade Cartographer in charge in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at that time Contents 1 Location 2 See also 3 Map 4 Notes 5 ReferencesLocation editThe midpoint of the group is located at 62 27 04 4 S 60 04 03 W 62 451222 S 60 06750 W 62 451222 60 06750 which is 1 98 km 1 23 mi west of Duff Point Greenwich Island 3 73 km 2 32 mi north of Pomorie Point 3 5 km 2 2 mi east of Williams Point 4 km 2 5 mi southeast of Zed Islands and 3 9 km 2 4 mi south southeast of Pyramid Island British mapping in 1935 and 1968 Chilean in 1971 Argentine in 1980 Spanish in 1991 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009 See also editComposite Antarctic Gazetteer List of Antarctic islands south of 60 S SCAR Territorial claims in AntarcticaMap editL 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 Notes edit a b c L L Ivanov Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich Robert Snow and Smith Islands Scale 1 120000 topographic map Troyan Manfred Worner Foundation 2009 ISBN 978 954 92032 6 4 Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place names Commission details in Bulgarian basic data in English References editMeade Islands SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Portals nbsp Islands nbsp Geography nbsp This Greenwich Island location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Meade Islands amp oldid 1145508684, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
