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Bryde Island (Antarctica)

Index Bryde Island (Antarctica)

Bryde Island is an island long and wide, lying immediately southwest of Lemaire Island, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 16 relations: Adrien de Gerlache, Antarctic Peninsula, Belgian Antarctic Expedition, British Antarctic Survey, Chilean Antarctic Expedition, Danco Coast, Gerlache Strait, Graham Land, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Kershaw Peaks, Lemaire Island, Louis Boutan, Orca, Paradise Harbour, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Wiencke Island.

Adrien de Gerlache

Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.

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Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Chilean Antarctic Expedition

The First Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) was an expedition to Antarctica mounted by the Chilean government and military to enforce its territorial claims against British challenges, namely Operation Tabarin.

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Danco Coast

The Danco Coast is the portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard.

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Gerlache Strait

Gerlache Strait or de Gerlache Strait or Détroit de la Belgica is a channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Instituto Antártico Argentino

The Instituto Antártico Argentino (Argentine Antarctic Institute, abbrevriated IAA) is the Argentine federal agency in charge of orientating, controlling, addressing and performing scientific and technical research and studies in the Antarctic.

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Kershaw Peaks

The Kershaw Peaks are a group of five main peaks, the highest at, standing west of the mouth of Miethe Glacier on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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Lemaire Island

Lemaire Island is an island long and wide, lying west of Duthiers Point off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Bryde Island (Antarctica) and Lemaire Island are islands of the Palmer Archipelago.

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Louis Boutan

Louis Marie-Auguste Boutan (6 March 1859 – 6 April 1934) was a French biologist and photographer.

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Orca

The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.

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Paradise Harbour

Paradise Harbour is a wide embayment behind Lemaire Island and Bryde Island, indenting the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, between Duthiers Point and Leniz Point.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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Wiencke Island

Wiencke Island is an island long and from wide, about in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north across the Neumayer Channel and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to its east across the Gerlache Strait. Bryde Island (Antarctica) and Wiencke Island are islands of the Palmer Archipelago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryde_Island_(Antarctica)

Also known as Alvaro Cove, Argentino Channel, Boutan Rocks, Bruce Island (Antarctica), Cabo San Eladio, Killermet Cove, Punta San Eladio, Rudolphy Point, San Eladio Point.