Yordanov Island
Yordanov Island ( bg, Йорданов остров, Yordanov ostrov, ) is the 600 m long in west–east direction and 300 m wide rocky island with surface area of whose north extremity Foul Point forms the east entrance to Ommanney B ...
lies at the east side of the entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north side of
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to .
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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 PeninsulaGeorge Powell, British sealer, and Captain
Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop ''Hero''. He was born in Stoning ...
, American sealer. The name first appears on Powell's chart, published in 1822. It is basically an area of coastal ice-free terrain with large seabird colonies and lichen-dominated cliffs, and permanent ice rising to the Brisbane Heights plateau which provides an excellent representative area of a pristine ice environment near the northern limit of the maritime Antarctic