South Orkney Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the British Antarctic Territory, N of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; claimed by Argentina.

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South Orkney Islands British  

plural noun

1. an uninhabited group of islands in the S Atlantic, southeast of Cape Horn: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962 (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 621 sq km (240 sq miles)

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South Orkney Islands

His big break came when he was taken on as a research diver with the British Antarctic Survey, stationed at Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

It remains in place just north of South Orkney Islands, turning in an anti-clockwise direction by about 15 degrees a day.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024

A23a is currently turning on its heels in a stretch of water between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands - small parcels of land at the tip of the peninsula.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024

Yet 20 years later, it has successfully implemented only two—an MPA near the South Orkney Islands in 2009 and another in the Ross Sea in 2016.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 29, 2022

Returning westward they visited the South Orkney Islands and part of the New Shetlands, and discovered Joinville Island and Louis Philippe Land, but were compelled by scurvy to seek succour at Talcahuano in Chile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various