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Latady Island

Island in Antarctica


Island in Antarctica

FieldValue
nameLatady Island
image_nameLatady Island - Alexander Group, BAT.svg
image_captionLocation of Latady Island
mapAntarctic Peninsula
map_captionLocation to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula
locationAntarctica
coordinates
length_km64.82
width_km18.52
populationUninhabited
countryNone
treaty_systemAntarctic Treaty System

Latady Island is a low ice-covered island off the coast of Antarctica, about 35 nmi long and 10 nmi wide, lying 45 nmi south of Charcot Island and west of Alexander Island. 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, and mapped from these photos by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for William R. Latady, an aerial photographer and navigator on the RARE flight.

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