Latady Island
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Latady Island is a low ice
-covered island
off Antarctica, about 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) long and nearly 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) wide, lying 72 kilometres (44.7 mi) south of Charcot Island
and west of Alexander Island
and its area is 3300 km² (1,274 sq mi) . An ice
-covered feature in this approximate position was seen from the air and described by Sir Hubert Wilkins
in 1929, but not recognized as an island or separately mapped. Latady Island was first photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), 1947-1948, mapped from these photos by Searle
of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Latady Island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for William R. Latady, aerial photographer and navigator on the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) flight.
Ice
Ice is water frozen into the solid state. Usually ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on the Earth's surface. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions...
-covered island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
off Antarctica, about 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) long and nearly 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) wide, lying 72 kilometres (44.7 mi) south of Charcot Island
Charcot Island
Charcot Island or Charcot Land is an island of the British Antarctic Territory, long and wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast, west of Alexander Island.-History:...
and west of Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
and its area is 3300 km² (1,274 sq mi) . An ice
Ice
Ice is water frozen into the solid state. Usually ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on the Earth's surface. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions...
-covered feature in this approximate position was seen from the air and described by Sir Hubert Wilkins
Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.-Early life:...
in 1929, but not recognized as an island or separately mapped. Latady Island was first photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), 1947-1948, mapped from these photos by Searle
Searle
-Persons:*Searle *Searles *Searl *Searls -Businesses:*G. D. Searle & Company, a pharmaceutical corporation that also makes food additives**Searle Scholars Program, an award sponsored by the same company...
of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Latady Island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for William R. Latady, aerial photographer and navigator on the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE) flight.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica