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Liège_Island Latitude and Longitude:

64°01′10″S 61°56′00″W / 64.01944°S 61.93333°W / -64.01944; -61.93333
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Liège Island
Liège Island is located in Antarctica
Liège Island
Liège Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°01′10″S 61°56′00″W / 64.01944°S 61.93333°W / -64.01944; -61.93333
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Length18.15 km (11.278 mi)
Width7.3 km (4.54 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, 17 kilometres (9 nmi) long and 5.6 kilometres (3 nmi) wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage. Its interior is occupied by Brugmann Mountains.

Liège Island is located at 64°01′10″S 61°56′00″W / 64.01944°S 61.93333°W / -64.01944; -61.93333. British mapping in 1978 and 1980.

The island was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for the province of Liège, Belgium. [1]

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.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Liège Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.