Liège Island (in
English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of
Brabant Island in the
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...
, and separated from
Hoseason Island
Hoseason Island () is an island long and wide, lying west of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Location
Hoseason Island is in the Palmer Archipelago to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It is south of Low Island (Sou ...
and
Christiania Islands
The Christiania Islands () are a group of islands and rocks between Liège Island and Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Location
The Christiania Islands are in the Palmer Archipelago to the west of the Antarctic Peninsu ...
to the northeast by
Croker Passage. Its interior is occupied by
Brugmann Mountains.
Liège Island is located at . British mapping in 1978 and 1980.
The island was charted by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the fir ...
(1897–1899) under
Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for the
province of Liège,
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
.
Liège Island.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Maps
British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
See also
* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.
* Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the ...
* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
* Mount Pierre (Palmer Archipelago)
* SCAR
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrosis, fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other Organ (anatomy), organs, and biological tissue, t ...
* Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey, Atlas of Antarctic Research
Islands of the Palmer Archipelago
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