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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A group of British-administered islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean southeast of Cape Horn. First visited by sealers in 1821, the island group was formerly part of the Falkland Islands Dependency and is now included (since 1962) in the British Antarctic Territory.
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The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean located (60° 35′ S, 45° 30′ W), approximately 400 miles (640 km) north east of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
South Orkney Islands 2009
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Scotish National Antarctic Expedition discovers Coats Land on eastern side of the Weddell Sea and establishes first permanent weather station in Antarctic on South Orkney Islands which is given over to Argentina.
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In winter pack ice from the Weddell Sea moves nothwards and surrounds the South Orkney Islands and fast ice forms in the areas of water between the pack.
South Orkney Islands 2009
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After a delay to repair a leak in the Jane, the ships were again in the South Orkney Islands January, 1823.
Weddell, James 2009
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Following a sudden drop in temperature and the formation of ice pack around the ship, the Scots turned wisely north at 70°25'S and returned to the South Orkney Islands.
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Here Weddell decided to search for land between the South Orkney Islands and the South Sandwich Islands which lay 600 miles (960 Km) further east.
Weddell, James 2009
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For, while Palmer could not have "coasted" to 44o West as the Antarctic coast veers far south along the Weddell Sea around 57o West., that is the longitude of the South Orkney Islands.
Palmer, Nathaniel 2009
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In December of 1821, George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer had discovered the South Orkney Islands several hundred miles to the east of the South Shetlands.
Weddell, James 2009
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In December 1821, Palmer joined with British sealer George Powell in a voyage east from the South Shetlands and the two discovered the South Orkney Islands, but few seals.
Palmer, Nathaniel 2009
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Following a sudden drop in temperature and the formation of ice pack around the ship, the Scots turned wisely north at 70°25'S and returned to the South Orkney Islands.
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