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Valette Island () is an
island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
, 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, lying in the west side of the entrance to
Mill Cove Mill Cove () is a cove entered between Cape Anderson and Valette Island on the south coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruc ...
on the south side of Laurie Island, in the
South Orkney Islands The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic PeninsulaScottish National Antarctic Expedition The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), 1902–1904, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in terms of prestige by Robe ...
, 1902–1904, under Bruce, who named it for L.H. Valette, Argentine meteorologist at the Laurie Island station during 1904.


See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands Islands of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub